5E Editors
@5eeditors.bsky.social
An editors' group with experience at top publishers: Judy Sternlight, Patricia Mulcahy, Jane Rosenman, Leslie Wells, Sulay Hernandez, Anne Horowitz.
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Join us for 2 free Zooms:
The Role of Indie Presses in Today's Marketplace with Johnny Temple (Akashic), Masie Cochran (Tin House), Erika Goldman (Bellevue Literary Press), Fri Oct 24.
Three Dynamic Authors on Creative Book Promotion with Mateo Askaripour, Marjan Kamali, Juliet Grames, Fri Nov 7.
The Role of Indie Presses in Today's Marketplace with Johnny Temple (Akashic), Masie Cochran (Tin House), Erika Goldman (Bellevue Literary Press), Fri Oct 24.
Three Dynamic Authors on Creative Book Promotion with Mateo Askaripour, Marjan Kamali, Juliet Grames, Fri Nov 7.
September 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Join us for 2 free Zooms:
The Role of Indie Presses in Today's Marketplace with Johnny Temple (Akashic), Masie Cochran (Tin House), Erika Goldman (Bellevue Literary Press), Fri Oct 24.
Three Dynamic Authors on Creative Book Promotion with Mateo Askaripour, Marjan Kamali, Juliet Grames, Fri Nov 7.
The Role of Indie Presses in Today's Marketplace with Johnny Temple (Akashic), Masie Cochran (Tin House), Erika Goldman (Bellevue Literary Press), Fri Oct 24.
Three Dynamic Authors on Creative Book Promotion with Mateo Askaripour, Marjan Kamali, Juliet Grames, Fri Nov 7.
“Independent publishers are canny, resilient actors, not fragile victims.” Sharing Elizabeth Kaye Cook’s illuminating update at @literaryhub.bsky.social on the fallout of the NEA grant retractions and how small presses are responding. (Anne)
On the Future of Small Presses in the Aftermath of the NEA Grant Chaos
On Friday, May 2nd, 2025, DOGE and the National Endowment for the Arts terminated $300,000 worth of grants for 51 publishers. The email, a copy and paste job, trickled into inboxes at odd hours. 5:…
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August 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“Independent publishers are canny, resilient actors, not fragile victims.” Sharing Elizabeth Kaye Cook’s illuminating update at @literaryhub.bsky.social on the fallout of the NEA grant retractions and how small presses are responding. (Anne)
In @janefriedman.com's The Bottom Line newsletter,
@editorsangeeta.bsky.social interviews 3 university press publishers and 2 literary agents, Barbara Jones and
@jenferrariadler.bsky.social, to explore university presses as a publication path for fiction writers. (Anne)
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@editorsangeeta.bsky.social interviews 3 university press publishers and 2 literary agents, Barbara Jones and
@jenferrariadler.bsky.social, to explore university presses as a publication path for fiction writers. (Anne)
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[The Bottom Line] University presses that publish literary fiction
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July 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
In @janefriedman.com's The Bottom Line newsletter,
@editorsangeeta.bsky.social interviews 3 university press publishers and 2 literary agents, Barbara Jones and
@jenferrariadler.bsky.social, to explore university presses as a publication path for fiction writers. (Anne)
mailchi.mp/janefriedman...
@editorsangeeta.bsky.social interviews 3 university press publishers and 2 literary agents, Barbara Jones and
@jenferrariadler.bsky.social, to explore university presses as a publication path for fiction writers. (Anne)
mailchi.mp/janefriedman...
5E recently joined the @histnovsoc.bsky.social (NY Chapter) for a panel on writing historical fiction. Here's our write-up of Part 1, offering tips for writers working on a book that takes years to complete. Part 2 will cover balancing research & great storytelling, and trends in historical fiction.
5E’s Roundtable at the Historical Novel Society — 5E
By Leslie Wells and Anne Horowitz Great historical fiction is transportive, making distant times and places feel real and immediate. It invites us to emotionally invest in characters whose lives are...
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April 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
5E recently joined the @histnovsoc.bsky.social (NY Chapter) for a panel on writing historical fiction. Here's our write-up of Part 1, offering tips for writers working on a book that takes years to complete. Part 2 will cover balancing research & great storytelling, and trends in historical fiction.
I can’t wait to read Carrie Courogen’s MISS MAY DOES NOT EXIST (NBCC finalist). Mike Nichols and Elaine May were mind-blowing, brilliant in improv, sketch comedy, and directing. In their Broadway run, after their sketches, they ended each night with spontaneous improv. (Judy)
March 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I can’t wait to read Carrie Courogen’s MISS MAY DOES NOT EXIST (NBCC finalist). Mike Nichols and Elaine May were mind-blowing, brilliant in improv, sketch comedy, and directing. In their Broadway run, after their sketches, they ended each night with spontaneous improv. (Judy)
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Anticipating the release of my book Happier Far next week, I wrote this piece about my mother’s letters home, and her reading, when she was in her twenties and on her first European tour. Link at JBC or my website for my book! xo
Letters from My Mother
With one thousand dollars in her pocket, my mother went on a European tour in June 1957, when she was twenty-three years old. She took a ferry to England and caroused across several continents.
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March 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Anticipating the release of my book Happier Far next week, I wrote this piece about my mother’s letters home, and her reading, when she was in her twenties and on her first European tour. Link at JBC or my website for my book! xo
A big change for my favorite indie press but I think a positive one, as it will keep @tinhouse.bsky.social's great backlist in print&secure their future, under longtime editorial director Masie Cochran. Having copyedited more than 70 (!) Tin House books since 2011, I have a long list of favorites...
Zando Acquires Tin House
The respected literary press, founded in 2002, will become an imprint of the expanding independent publisher Zando, which was launched by former Crown publisher Molly Stern in 2020.
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March 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A big change for my favorite indie press but I think a positive one, as it will keep @tinhouse.bsky.social's great backlist in print&secure their future, under longtime editorial director Masie Cochran. Having copyedited more than 70 (!) Tin House books since 2011, I have a long list of favorites...
Historical fiction authors & agents: Join 5E editors Judy Sternlight, Jane Rosenman, & Leslie Wells for a free Zoom with the Historical Novel Society March 25, 4–5:30 pm ET. We’ll discuss common challenges, the research process, & trends in historical fiction. Q&A to follow. Register: www.hnsnyc.org
March 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Historical fiction authors & agents: Join 5E editors Judy Sternlight, Jane Rosenman, & Leslie Wells for a free Zoom with the Historical Novel Society March 25, 4–5:30 pm ET. We’ll discuss common challenges, the research process, & trends in historical fiction. Q&A to follow. Register: www.hnsnyc.org