Inklette is published online four times a year, and right now, until January 15, 2016, they’re accepting submissions for their second issue. At Inklette, they value the author-editor relationship and aim to give feedback about each and every piece they receive. So, submitting authors should wait patiently for a response, which should come within about one month.

Nonfiction writers may submit one piece—an essay, memoir, or work of creative nonfiction—1250 words or fewer. Fiction writers may submit one piece of flash fiction—250 words or fewer—a novel excerpt—2500 words or fewer—or a short story—1250 words or fewer. Poets may submit up to three poems, each 500 words or fewer.

Inklette accepts submissions online, but not via post or email. They accept simultaneous submissions, but ask that writers immediately withdraw work published elsewhere. They do not accept previously published work.

If you’d like to learn more or submit to Inklette, please visit their website at http://inklettemagazine.com/submissions/.

Many writers say it’s essential to write every day – anything, even a few words for a few minutes.

I see how this conventional wisdom can help launch a project or keep an existing one moving along, especially when there is a deadline. Certainly long pieces of writing such as novels or series of stories need constant nurturing to keep them emerging onto the page.

However, as a poet I often discourage myself with banalities when I sit down to write without a focus, and end up berating myself for not writing well enough. I know people who say they write better when they need to produce a piece for a workshop; meeting with other writers certainly helps me get going and continue on my way, but personally I find that any creative writing I do under pressure almost invariably flops.

Finding a Flow of Words

Words that get me writing a poem or flash fiction piece that’s actually worth keeping just don’t emerge unless I get into writing mode first.

I write better when I have an idea – a first line, a title, a new (at least for me) angle. I write best of all when I wake up with a few words in my head and get them down on paper to flesh out during the hours, days or weeks that follow.

Sometimes I find my flow by carrying on with my life until images start to emerge. I know that raw emotions can prompt poetry really effectively, but it can also be worth giving them time to mellow and develop into something more.

Recently I spent a very intense time with family and friends for a whole month and didn’t write one word. The following month I was busy assimilating my feelings and my memories of all the other times I’d spent with those special people, and I didn’t write anything apart from a few lines during a poetry workshop. The month after that I started several poems, which have formed a series that I’m adding to as I have time to distill and filter my emotions and experiences through different images and contexts, instead of just writing them the way they happened.

Read Good Writing Every Day

I often find the right kind of focus for writing after reading other people’s poetry, or any kind of good writing. So one piece of wisdom that works well for me is to read good writing every day.

Write When You’re Ready 

Writing every day seems to work well for many people – but for those of us who don’t feel comfortable or productive with that particular conventional wisdom, there’s a different approach: write when you’re ready and see whether you write better.

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Bio: Born in Britain, Mori Glaser moved to Israel 30 years ago. She has blogged and written material for non-profits. Her poetry and flash fiction appears in journals including Writers Hub; Persimmon Tree; Crack the Spine; A Quiet Courage; Akashic Books Thursdaze web series; arc-24 (Israel Association of Writers in English).

Entangled Publishing is an independent publisher of adult and young adult romantic fiction. Since its first release in July 2011, Entangled has published more than 970 titles. This number includes a lot of titles that have made it onto the New York Times Bestsellers list and the USA Today Bestsellers list. Some of their more famous books are Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, and Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout.

Entangled Publishing has a number of imprints that focus on different subgenres of romance. They are currently in the process re-branding and creating new imprints, and some of the imprint links on the website, were not working at the time of this update.

In 2019 they signed a controversial author duo that is banned on Amazon, and that created some ongoing bad press. You can read about it here. I think this raises serious questions and should be taken into consideration.

In 2025 they were sued alongside their bestselling author Tracy Wolf and her agent Emily Sylvan Kim, over copyright infringement. They were sued by Lynne Freeman, an unpublished author, who was previously represented by Emily Sylvan Kim,who and failed to sell Freeman’s book, which has overlap with Wolff’s NYT’s Bestselling book. The story is covered briefly here, and in depth in The New Yorker (this link involves a paywall/limit). The story is worth reading on several levels, especially for authors and readers of genre fiction.

Submit to only one imprint per title. They will move the submission if it would be better for another imprint. Do carefully review each of the imprints before submitting.

All submissions must include a query letter and the full manuscript unless you are a bestselling author or an author who has published with Entangled previously.

They promise that all submissions will be responded to with a rejection, a request to take to their board of acquisitions, or a revision request within 60 days.

They are distributed by Macmillan, one of the largest distributors, and they have a joint partnership with St. Martin’s Press. Many of their titles are also released in audio format.

They claim to create an individual marketing plan for every book that they release. Their website is engaging, well organized, and well designed.

All submissions are made via the online submission platform Submittable.

To learn more or to submit, visit their website here.