HeyJaredbook inc Journal
book inc’s tips on process and craft for memoir and novel writers.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 10
- Latest publication
- Sep 24, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 9, 2026
Latest issues
Meet the 2027 Novel Incubator Peer Artist Leaders (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="675" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AqmX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5dc467a-a26c-45d6-93a3-298a71834292_1080x675.jpe
Inside a Memoir Incubator: Balancing Structure, Content, and Peer Feedback (opens the original)
Read excerpt
It is finally September, the season of transformation, and the leaves aren’t the only thing that’s changing. In book inc’s Memoir Incubator, we have finally reached the end of our designated writing time. Since the first week of March, my fellow writers and I have had a word count goal of 2,500 words a week, with a few catch-up weeks here and there. That way, if we could keep up with the schedule, by the end of August we should have hit the 50,000 total word count goal.For s
Read, Rave, Review: How I Am Becoming a Literary Citizen (opens the original)
Read excerpt
I started my application to book inc’s Memoir Incubator at the end of 2023, the rattling clack of my typing echoing in the sparse living room of my new apartment.It felt serendipitous that my new town had a thriving writing community, and I thought I was a shoo-in because of my magazine editing and creative nonfiction workshops I’d taken. That is, until I hit a term I’d not encountered before:<a class="button primary" href="https://bookinc.substack.co
Ask Tina: How to Avoid Burnout (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Dear Tina,I spend a lot of time helping other writers develop their writing projects, and I genuinely love that work. I teach, critique, talk through structure, help writers see what their pages are doing, and encourage them through the hard parts. It’s meaningful work, and I believe in it.But lately, I’m realizing I feel burned out. By the time I sit down with my own manuscript, I feel emptied out. I’ve spent the clearest, most generous part of my creative brain on other people’s pages, and the
Imposter to Insider: My First Book Conference (opens the original)
Read excerpt
I survived my first book conference. Scratch that. I “thrived” at my first book conference, the Writer’s Digest Conference held in New Brunswick, NJ, on July 24-25, 2026.But first, I had to overcome a serious bout of Impostor Syndrome.ShareI have worked thirty years in the medical device industry as a biomedical engineer. In that job, going to work-related conferences was the norm. I wor
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.