Before and After the Book Deal
Substack newsletter · by Courtney Maum · English
Real talk about the writing + publishing industry from an author who doesn’t want you to feel confused, bewildered, or alone. Plus: craft tips, reading recommendations, writing support + solidarity (unless you are a jerk to people in the comments).
- Audience
- 39K subscribers
- Shown publicly on Substack
- Publishing
- Every two weeks
- 5 posts indexed in the last 90 days
- Last post
- Oct 2, 2026
- 27 days ago
- Likely audience
- Aspiring authors
- Inferred from post content
Before and After the Book Deal is a Substack newsletter by Courtney Maum covering Memoir, Creative writing and Author interviews. NewsletterFIT indexed 5 posts from it in the last 90 days, most recently on Oct 2, 2026. Shown publicly on Substack: 39K subscribers.
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