• Mar 11, 2021
Salt & Sage Books Price Updates

It’s Salt & Sage Books’ second birthday! Thank you so much for being part of our editing family. We appreciate the energy you all bring to your edits, the intentionality with which you include diversity, and the changes you are making in the world because of who you are.

  • Jan 22, 2021
Taye Timko's Review of Girl, Woman, Other

Girl, Woman, Other, Taye: a Review of Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo by Taye Timko As an avid reader and ever-changing individual, I have often felt stuck in the middle of the “aisle”—virtual or literal—of my local library or in my digital bookstores trying to decide what aspect of my identity to explore.

  • Dec 31, 2020
Why You Should Track Your Writing

I started 2020 with a lot of goals: I was angling to break the most words written in a year, I had two writing conferences lined up, we were going to go on a long-anticipated trip to visit my parents, I was going to do spin classes at the YMCA.

  • Dec 14, 2020
Orcs and "Evil Races" in Fantasy

Orcs and “Evil Races” in Fantasy by Helen Gould When most people think of an orc, it’s likely that the first thing they think of are the creatures from The Lord of the Rings. On the surface, looking at it from a “traditional” Western fantasy view of good guys vs.

  • Nov 29, 2020
Write Your Candy Dragons

Write Your Candy Dragons by Tova Seltzer Anyone who has ever pushed past the fantasy of “being a writer” and actually written can tell you that writing isn’t always fun. It’s not always sitting down dreamily at an antique desk with a big mug of herbal tea, looking out over a cozy snowy vista, and letting the words flow easily for hours on end until you have a perfect draft.