Media Spots
Take a look at a selection of media coverage, collected publications, event planning, awards, and other ways I’ve found myself in the public eye over the years.
THE WRITING GYM PODCAST, guest: A Deep Dive into Publishing, 2020
WriterFest Podcast, guest: Join us at WriterFest Nashville!, 11/6/2024
WriterFest Podcast, guest: WriterFest Nashville-Programming Director Sara Wigal, 9/4/2024
WriterFest Podcast, guest: WriterFest Nashville-Programming Director Sara Wigal, 11/2/2023
Features & Publications
Writer’s Digest “Working with a Publicist, Guide to Literary Agents 2019 (ongoing),” 2018
I was honored to be interviewed for the "Working with a Publicist" section of the Writer's Digest print book, the annual Guide to Literary Agents in 2019. They have continued to reprint this interview in each subsequent printing of the book.
Writer’s Digest,“6 Publicity Ideas for Today’s Author,” 2018
Writer’s Digest, “Walking the Writing Talk: 4 Tips for Staying Motivated and Finishing Your Writing Projects,” 2018
Writer’s Digest, “Partner with Your Publicist: How to Prepare for Your Book’s Publicity Campaign,” 2018
Writer’s Digest, “Partner with Your Publicist: Why You Need Literary Publicity,” 2017
Writer’s Digest, “So, You Want to Work in Publishing: The Role of a Publicist,” 2017
Publishers Weekly, “Beware the ‘No Promo’ Bestseller,” 2018
The Chaffin Journal, "If You Had Lived,” September, 2021, Print-only
Library Journal, "Online Trivia Offers Fun and Funds: Programs that Pop,” June 12, 2020
Tennessean,"First was the tornado recovery. Then COVID-19 made things complicated,” May 3, 2020
Tennessean, “Why the Word ‘Divorce’ Doesn’t Scare Me Anymore,” 2019
Belmont Story Review, Editor Volume 5 onward
Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Volume 23, Number 3, September 2023, “Pausing for More: An Exploratory Pedagogical Experience with Mindfulness and Productivity”- First author, September 27, 2023, First article within the volume
Managing Organizations in the Creative Economy: Organizational Behavior for the Cultural Sector, Chapter editor, May 2023
Miracle Monocle, "Hackberry,” November 29, 2021
New Plains Review,"In 20/20,” Fall 2021
Variant Lit, "Manual Labor Man Cleanse,” October 27, 2021
Pushcart-Nominated: https://news.belmont.edu/wigal-published-in-journalnominated-for-pushcart-prize/
Semi-finalist in the 2020 annual Nonfiction Contest held by The Sewanee Review
IngramSparkBlog, “The Importance of Proofing,” 2018
IngramSparkBlog, “5 Online Book Marketing Ideas for Authors That Take Just An Hour,” 2018
IngramSparkBlog, “What Social Media Should Authors Use?,” 2018
IngramSparkBlog, “Book Publicity FAQs” 2018
IngramSparkBlog,“How to Write an Author Bio,” 2017
Included in the IngramSpark Academy Self-Publishing Essentials online course
IngramSparkBlog,“The Authors Role in a Successful Book Publicity Campaign,” 2017
IngramSparkBlog, “Tips to Make Your Book A Bestseller,” 2017
IngramSparkBlog, “5 Ways to Promote Your Book,” 2017
Awards & Grants
REALM FIRST CLASS, 2022
• Volume 7 of Belmont Story Review received the Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines Program award from the National Council of Teachers of English
TENNESSEE STATE ART COMMISSION GRANT, 2021
• Principally author grant award for improvement of Belmont Story Review
BELMONT STORY REVIEW, NOTABLE BEST AMERICAN ISSUE 2020
• As part of my teaching load I am the Editor of Belmont Story Review, the on-campus literary magazine. In 2021 it was announced that a previous volume of the journal, Volume 4, had been selected as a notable issue by Best American and an