1. Follow writers on social media and subscribe to their newsletter, blog (thank you!) or website. My social media handles are: https://www.instagram.com/carmengfarrell/, (21) Carmen G. Farrell | LinkedIn, https://www.facebook.com/carmen.farrell.142/. On Instagram and Facebook, you’ll see more of the day-to-day life of an emerging writer and her muse (Ges, family life, motherhood…). Here and on my website, www.carmengfarrell.com, you`ll see more writing and publication-related developments.
2. Support the magazines (especially literary ones that operate on shoestring budgets) that publish writers. If it’s not possible to purchase the issue, borrow it from the library and if the library doesn’t have it, ask them to purchase it.
3. Promotion: put a book title on your TBR (to be read) list on Goodreads and Amazon, then post reviews of books in these places afterwards.
4. Word of mouth and recommendations…if you liked a writer’s work, tell your friends about it, post on your social media feeds, invite the author to an event or book club if they’re nearby. Attend the author’s events.
5. To request your local library purchase a journal or book, google your local library and “suggest a title.” For my community, it’s https://www.nvdpl.ca/suggest-a-title-form.

This month, a story of mine about the aftermath of an upsetting personal event was published in the UK journal, Autism Parenting Magazine. You can read it from my website; it’s titled, Ges (Jess) Do It.

Photo Credit: Lumena Photography 2025