Category: Blog
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Introducing Splintered Shadows
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Uncovering the Story Behind Splintered Shadows Splintered Shadows: Recovering a French Résistante is an unconventional adoptee-search narrative told against the backdrop of World War II. After the War, Andrée married an American serviceman, left France, and carried the story of her earlier life to her grave. Her adoptive daughter, Marilyn Moriarty, was left…
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Submitting a Query
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Authored by Vanessa Reyes, UNG Press Intern After spending the last few weeks reviewing queries for the UNG Press, I have come to learn a thing or two about submitting a manuscript. Whether it be fiction or nonfiction, there are a few cardinal rules that will greatly impact the likelihood…
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What is New Southern Fiction?
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Authored by Vanessa Reyes, UNG Press Intern | Banner Image “Peoples Drug Company” by A. J. Latimer; Source: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman; License: Public Domain. How do you capture the South? Is it the worn signs advertising…
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From Vinyl to Voice: The History of Audiobooks and Why it Matters
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Authored by Ryan Lorenz, UNG Press Intern Pop in your earbuds, open an app, and within seconds you can be mid-chapter of the latest bestseller, all while commuting, cooking, painting, or folding laundry. Audiobooks feel like a thoroughly modern convenience, and yet their roots stretch back nearly a century (Thoet).…
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A Beginner’s Guide to the Stages of Editing
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Authored by Vanessa Reyes, UNG Press Intern Once you are lucky enough to have your manuscript picked up for publication, it may sound like a happy ending, but it is rather a beautiful beginning. From this point on, your writing will go through the four stages of editing and become…
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Inside the Reader’s Report: Publishing’s Guardian at the Gate
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Authored by Ryan Lorenz, UNG Press Intern | Banner Image “Report” by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Pix4free.org When it comes to the realm of book publishing, publishers get hundreds, if not thousands of queries a year from authors seeking publication within their catalog. Publishers may find it time-consuming to go through…
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Reflections of a UNG Press Intern: Spring 2026
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Authored by Cheyenne Clenney, UNG Press Intern I wasn’t always an English major at the University of North Georgia. In fact, I sort of fell into it, despite enjoying English classes my whole life. It wasn’t until I took a grammar course my second year of college that I realized…
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Interning with the UNG Press: A Reflection
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Authored by Madelyn Huff, UNG Press Intern I first learned about the UNG Press during my junior year summer internship search. I was fully submerged into my English major and itching to apply my skills to work that made a difference. I knew virtually nothing about how university presses functioned…