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Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

Defining Success as an Author

I once wrote a book that was an instant New York Times bestseller, and remained on the list for several weeks. It continues to sell rather…

3 min readDec 14, 2020

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Defining Success as an Author

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Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

How I’ve Made Money on My Books

The following is an excerpt from my e-booklet Write That Nonfiction Book Already: A Practical Guide for Writing a Successful Book, from…

3 min readDec 7, 2020

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How I’ve Made Money on My Books

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Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

Interviewing 101

The following is an excerpt from my e-booklet, Write That Nonfiction Book Already: A Practical Guide to Writing a Successful Book, from…

5 min readDec 5, 2020

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Interviewing 101

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Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

How to Edit Your Writing Yourself

Anne Lamott is famously a proponent of “shitty first drafts,” and the real key to that whole thing is what comes next: editing…

2 min readDec 1, 2020

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How to Edit Your Writing Yourself

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Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

Turning Your Fandom Into a Writing Career

You may have thought to yourself before, “Gosh, I wish I could do something useful with all this knowledge I have about …” your favorite…

2 min readNov 11, 2020

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Turning Your Fandom Into a Writing Career

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Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

Blogging Is Open Mic for Writers, and That’s Why You Should Do It

I’m old enough to remember when the word “weblog” became “blog,” and when everybody was always saying “I posted about this on my blog,”…

4 min readOct 12, 2020

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Blogging Is Open Mic for Writers, and That’s Why You Should Do It

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Conceiving a Nonfiction Book

This is an excerpt from my e-book How to Come Up With All Those Words: A Practical Guide to Writing a Successful Nonfiction Book, from…

8 min readSep 21, 2020

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Conceiving a Nonfiction Book

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Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

The Nostalgic Joy of the Win-Win ‘Controversy,’ Courtesy of Jerry Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld has given us the nostalgic reboot we need. No, not of Seinfeld, but of the distinctly early-2010s joy of a harmless online…

4 min readAug 26, 2020

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The Nostalgic Joy of the Win-Win ‘Controversy,’ Courtesy of Jerry Seinfeld

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Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

Plan Your Writing So You Can Write When You Plan To

There’s one surefire way to kill writer’s block before it happens: planning.

2 min readAug 25, 2020

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Plan Your Writing So You Can Write When You Plan To

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Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

The Importance of Obituaries

When I was a local newspaper reporter early in my career, I was surprised to discover that I loved writing obituaries. And I even seemed…

3 min readMay 29, 2020

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The Importance of Obituaries

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Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

New York Times bestselling author of Seinfeldia, When Women Invented Television, Sex and the City and Us, & 4 other books. Writing career coach.

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