With social media fragmenting, I’m bringing back my old “You Tell Me” Wednesday discussions to try to get good old fashioned blog conversations going. If you’re reading in a feed reader or via email, please click through to the post to leave a public comment and join the discussion!

This past week, publishing tongues were wagging as the publisher ( Read more... )

Let me be clear from the start: There’s no one way to write a chapter. There are no rules about chapters. A chapter could be a few words, it could be a hundred pages. It could be all dialogue, it could be all action, it could be nothing but emojis and hieroglyphics. You do you!

But good chapters tend to have a few core elements:

• You need to ( Read more... )

This week! Books!

Some really terrific news for the book world this week as independent online bookseller Bookshop.org has launched its long-awaited e-book platform. You can now buy e-books that support many of your favorite independent bookstores! I gave the app a spin, and it looks great. For now they have traditionally published books, but are ( Read more... )

Nearly every week I hear from an author who has a question for me because they’re in the process of being scammed. Publishing scams are RAMPANT. They have always existed, but they’ve reached epidemic status of late, along with America’s horrid overall scam culture.

There was finally some good news on this front as some of the most egregious ( Read more... )

This week! Books!

In a week where we have a new president and rich, evil dweebs are out doing Nazi salutes, the fight to ban books continues apace. In Utah, students can no longer even bring their personal copies of banned books to school. The list of banned books includes perennial book ban favorite Ellen Hopkins, as well as Margaret Atwood’s ( Read more... )

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This week! Books!

First up, I’m always so excited when my clients have books coming out, congrats to Matt Barrows and Jessica Barrows Beebe on the publication of their twisty thriller Muddy the Water, which comes out on January 28! Pre-order, pre-order!

Very sad news this week as we lost one of the greatest artists of our time, the incomparable ( Read more... )

With social media fragmenting, I’m bringing back my old “You Tell Me” Wednesday discussions to try to get good old fashioned blog conversations going. If you’re reading in a feed reader or via email, please click through to the post to leave a public comment and join the discussion!

With everything going on in the Pasadena area where I’m based, I ( Read more... )

With social media fragmenting, I’m bringing back my old “You Tell Me” Wednesday discussions to try to get good old fashioned blog conversations going. If you’re reading in a feed reader or via email, please click through to the post to leave a public comment and join the discussion!

After the recent election, a massive shift took place where a lot ( Read more... )

The new year is often a time for reflection and contemplation. Every January, I revisit my core values, stare at the sky, and think about what I might want to accomplish in the year ahead.

And last year, for my first post of 2024, I rounded up some tips I’ve posted over the years around maximizing your writing productivity and getting back on track ( Read more... )