Elisa Gabbert
Electric Literature
Denver, CO, United States
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I Found Creative Inspiration in Bridezilla Wedding Stories
Writing my new novel, “The Bridesmaids Union,” taught me how I want to claim my power → Read More
Inside the Mind of Poetry
One must have a mind of winter. The greatest lines in poetry are infinitely quotable while having no definite meaning. What is a mind of winter, and why must one have one? It doesn't matter. Wallace Stevens' greatness lay in his ability to produce these kinds of anti-aphorisms, seemingly wise but ultimately ungraspable → Read More
Ethical Advice for Writing About Friends and Family
The Blunt Instrument is an advice column for writers. If you need tough advice for a writing problem, send your question to blunt@electricliterature.com. For early access to Blunt Instrument columns… → Read More
How Do I Become One of Those Writers Who Remember Everything?
The Blunt Instrument is an advice column for writers. If you need tough advice for a writing problem, send your question to blunt@electricliterature.com. For early access to Blunt Instrument columns… → Read More
The Great Mortality —
The plagues we pretend to want are coming for us anyway → Read More
Google Mobile Benchmarks – by Ad Type! [DATA]
Last month, when we released our Google Ads mobile benchmarks for 18 industries, one of our readers commented that it would be really helpful to know the average click-through rate, conversion rate a… → Read More
Networking Advice for the Antisocial Writer –
The Blunt Instrument on what is and isn't important about making literary connections → Read More
What If Someone Else Writes a Book Exactly Like Mine Before I Get a Chance?
The Blunt Instrument, Electric Literature's advice column about writing, on dealing with a novel doppelganger → Read More
State of the Digital Marketing Agency in 2018
Last year, we released our first-ever State of the Agency report, an inside look at how digital marketing agencies run their businesses. It was a big hit, so this year, we’re doing it again, with u… → Read More
[DATA] What’s a Good AdWords CTR/CPA/Conversion Rate in 2018?
What’s a good click-through rate in Google AdWords? What about a good cost per click and a good cost per action? Is your AdWords conversion rate up to par? → Read More
Is There Such a Thing as a Good Book Review? –
The Blunt Instrument is an advice column for writers. If you need tough advice for a writing problem, send your question to blunt@electricliterature.com. I recently read a review that has me shaken… → Read More
On Choice
My library has a display shelf, near the main circulation desk, of recently returned books. I love this shelf. They're just random books, new and old — novels, → Read More
Am I Still a Real Writer If I Don’t Feel Compelled to Write?
The Blunt Instrument on the importance of not writing → Read More
Time, Money, Happiness
I once read that happiness plateaus after $75,000 a year. Before you get to the "magic number," increases in income correspond to increases in happiness. After → Read More
The 7-Step Guide to Creating Amazing Cornerstone Content
From time to time, people ask me what my #1 content marketing tip is. Often, these people are new to content marketing – they have a new site or business, or they just haven’t tried to build traf… → Read More
I’m Almost 40 and Still Getting My Stories Rejected—Am I Running Out of Time?
The Blunt Instrument, an advice column for writers, on how old is too old to become a successful fiction author → Read More
I’m Almost 40 and Still Getting My Stories Rejected—Am I Running Out of Time?
The Blunt Instrument is a semi-regular advice column for writers. If you need tough advice for a writing problem, send your question to blunt@electricliterature.com. Dear Blunt Instrument, I’ve read through your past columns about the anxiety of rejection, and also, past Electric Literature posts about why pieces get rejected. I am in a period of … → Read More
10 Self-Editing Tips that Will Make You a Better Writer
I’ve been an editor for many years (don’t make me admit how many) and a writer for even longer. After even a few years in the game, every editor develops their own list of bugbears (translation:… → Read More
Seeing Things
Because I know the author, when I read Find Me by Laura van den Berg I pictured Laura as the protagonist. It’s not an autobiographical novel, and the character, → Read More
The 25 Most Expensive AdWords Keywords (And Why They're So $$$)
Some highly competitive businesses have to pay an average of $50 or more per click! Here are the top 25 most expensive keywords in Google AdWords (and why). → Read More