Hi!

There’s no shortage of newsletters out there, and I’m so glad you’re here.

I’m Andrea Bartz, a queer, feminist, New York Times bestselling thriller author. I’ve been a professional author since 2017, and before that, I was a magazine editor in the “women’s service” space—so I got a lot of practice turning big ideas into actionable, easy-to-follow posts. And that’s what I’m doing here!

What is Get It Write?

I use this newsletter to share my sharpest writing and publication tips and insidery thoughts with creative folks who care about the same stuff. I hope aspiring and career authors will find loads of useful info here.

To keep things simple (and avoid clogging up your inbox if all you want is a lil’ sleeve tug when, like, We Were Never Here is on sale for less than a Snickers bar), I use the free tier for things like major announcements and book news (plus occasional literary satire). Both free and paid subscribers also have access to an always-growing compendium of successful query letters from published authors (you can see some of the authors who generously shared theirs here).

Paid subscribers get…so much more! INTIMATE stuff, my personal thoughts and private exchanges with other authors (with their permission, ofc), my very best writing and publishing tips, insidery content like a scene before and after an edit, and more. You can browse some of the existing paywalled content by topic here:

Craft // Marketing // Publicity // Author life // Writing community // Examples // Publishing industry intel

For paid subscribers, I’m also running a series I call Words With (Author) Friends, wherein I g-chat with published writers about their latest projects and thoughts about publishing and you get to see the unedited results, like a literary fly on the wall.

You can probably expense this newsletter!

If you’re an aspiring or current writer, your subscription is a business expense! Come tax time, you can write it off. If you work in or with the publishing industry, you can likely expense your subscription through your company. Here’s a template for you to use when checking! If your employer is covering you, please consider paying annually.

I’ve watched X, Instagram, and TikTok quietly sundown my posts. I don’t control the algorithm and have no idea whom it’ll show my words to. That’s what I love about Substack: There’s no middleman. I work hard to make this space valuable, and if you — like me — believe in compensating people for their work, I hope you’ll consider a paid subscription.

Thanks, friends! Let’s dance!!