Imagine a Door: A Writer's Guide to Unlocking Your Story, Choosing a Publishing Path, and Honoring the Creative Journey

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Foreword by Beth Kephart, author of Handling the Truth.

Imagine a Door intersperses craft insights, case studies, and checklists with personal stories about publishing and the emotional complexities of sending your work into the world. Is a writing routine worthwhile How do you pinpoint the why behind your storytelling and use it to improve your manuscript What makes a query letter stand out What exactly is distribution Does success mean selling a certain number of books or can we reframe our expectations in a less capitalistic way

While prioritizing genuine community over platform building, Laura Stanfill, publisher of Forest Avenue Press and author of Singing Lessons for the Stylish Canaryand agents, editors, and publishers.

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"Laura Stanfill does what the best, most inspirational publishers do: she identifies gaps on the shelf and fills them with things that are inspiring and make so much sense that they are obvious in hindsight. Stanfill holds tremendous wisdom and empathy, holding our hands and delivering each author to locate a door that nobody ever noticed. She helps everyone to feel seen."

--Joe Biel, author of A People's Guide to Publishing

Praise for Singing Lessons for the Stylish Canary

"Lyrical." --Shelf Awareness

"Delicately gilded writing." --Publishers Weekly

"Enchanting." --The Oregonian

"A charming debut." --Buzzfeed

"Enrapturing." --Foreword Reviews

"Reads like a fairytale."--Oenobooks

"Utterly beguiling." --Cleaver Magazine

"Highly recommended." --Independent Book Review

"A fine and fun listen." --Audiofile

"Captivating and memorable."--Small Press Picks

Author Bio

Laura Stanfillis the award-winning publisher of Forest Avenue Press and the author of the historical novelSinging Lessons for the Stylish Canary.She's a graduate of Vassar College and the Yale Publishing Course, which she attended thanks to a scholarship from the Independent Book Publishers Association. She lives in Portland, Oregon, where she spends time in bookstores and wears a sparkly top hat to walk her dog, Waffles.