Finding the Right Title
It’s almost a rite of passage to have to change the title of your book when it sells to a publisher, and I fully expected that to happen to me. I figured it would be just one more step in…
Category: Publishing
Is Your Novel Ready for the Great Digital Revolution?
E-books are coming. You’ve heard about it at every writing conference from frightened people. They are pouring out of the Matrix, and they are shooting their internet lightning from the Cloud to destroy paper books, burning them away with video…
Friday Feast: Publisher P&Ls, Depressing Graphs, Big Book List, and Literary Hotspots of America
What do you mean editors don’t think they can sell the epic, decade-spanning horror slash literary mashup of the painting my Grandma found in Albuquerque that carried the soul of a young girl who died in a fire and haunted…
When Not to Query, and Other Advice
A funny thing happens when you finish your manuscript and you are ready to begin your search for representation. Suddenly you are required to make the giant leap from artist to businessperson—someone who can write a sharp query letter and…
Friday Feast: Character Fears, Finding Literary Agents, Big Author Survey, and Legos
This week, our links take you on the publishing lifecycle. No matter where you are in your writing career, there’s something here that (surely) you can relate to, be it the struggle to know your characters’ fears, the struggle to…
Last Minute Tips Before You Head to the Writers Conference
Here in Boston, GrubStreet’s Muse and the Marketplace conference is about to begin. I look forward to the Muse every year. What could be more fun? It’s like day camp for writers. Conferences are amazing places where writers can recharge,…