Writing is a solitary and often isolating vocation. Even more so when you don’t have the support of friends and…
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I actually hate R&Rs (Revise and Resubmit). I tend to avoid giving them as much as possible and I usually,…
The best advice I have for both my clients and my agents is to keep moving forward. In the early…
Writing a book is NOT easy! Many dream of writing their own novel, but often end up never following through.…
When we closed our offices in March I had no real idea when we would reopen. I certainly didn’t think…
“Start with the action,” a phrase commonly used by literary agents and writing teachers. But what does this really mean?…
A fun sideline to publishing is learning how judgemental people can be about books. No one knows this better than…
That’s not good enough–the four hardest words I have to say. Almost daily. That’s not good enough is so often…
There is no doubt that difficult times make writing harder. When the world seems like it is blowing up, focusing…
Whether published or not, those first pages are extremely important. Those are the pages, and scenes, that make or break…