You’re an author. Write.
Inkwren keeps the rest in order.
Stories, submissions, deadlines, publications—every thread of your writing career in one place, so you always know where each one stands and stay free to write.
Who this is for
Short fiction writers
Multiple stories, multiple markets, multiple deadlines.
Multi-pen-name authors
Keep your identities organized without losing the connections.
Hybrid traditional and indie authors
Track traditional submissions and self-published work without losing the difference.
Career authors who’ve outgrown spreadsheets
When your tracking system needs a tracking system.
What authors do here
Know where every story is
- Submission tracking to markets
- Status pipeline from draft through publication
- Markets you submit to, with guidelines and pay rates
- Submission history per story
Plan a launch, task by task
- Projects for launches, anthology promotions, content series, Kickstarters
- Tasks linked to books, stories, and projects
- Task templates, recurring tasks, and attachments
- List, board, calendar, and matrix views—save the ones you use most
- Cover images and color coding on tasks
- MCP server access—connect your catalog to the tools you use
See your career at a glance
- Customizable dashboard widgets
- Submission stats, including acceptance rate
- Upcoming deadlines and recent publications
- Promotion and launch tracking
- Trello import for existing task boards
Two ways to start
Author Bookworm
Your writing, organized.
Annual billing
Stories, publications, submissions, and the tasks that move them—all in one place.
Author Quill
Your work, in motion.
or $100/year
$15/mo or $150/year after September 30
Templates, recurring tasks, attachments, saved views, and unlimited tasks—the workflow layer that keeps your active work moving.
Bookworm tracks what you’ve written. Quill keeps your active work moving.
30-day free trial on either tier. No credit card required. Subscribe by September 30 to lock in founding member pricing.
Inkwren isn’t a writing tool or a marketing platform—it’s where the operational work of a writing career gets done. If you’ve outgrown your spreadsheet, you’re in the right place.
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