Eva LangstonEva Langston

Eva Langston received her MFA from the University of New Orleans. Her short stories have won a variety of prizes, including a Pushcart nomination, and she has been an instructor at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, MD for over nine years. Eva is co-host of the podcast This Mama is Lit! and creator/host of the podcast The Long Road to Publishing (launching in July 2025). She works as a writing coach, and her writing resources newsletter on Substack has nearly 6,000 followers. She is represented by Ali Lake of O’Connor Literary.
After My Second Book Died on Submission, I Took These 4 Crucial Steps
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The publishing road is full of potholes and detours, even if you get a book deal. That’s why it’s important ...
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What I Learned From 90 Queries
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Even with an excellent query and opening pages, you’ll still get rejections. A lot of them. Success comes to those ...
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