As a writer, I sometimes worry so much about pleasing the marketplace that I become afraid to try new things and lose faith in that little voice that is my muse. This past weekend at Grub Street’s Muse and the…
Friday Feast: Thoughts from Literary Professionals of Color, Kindness at Writing Conferences, What Editors Can Do, Thick Skin, and What to Read after Watching Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’
Grub Street’s Muse and the Marketplace conference is this weekend. It’s always a good time of the year in Boston. Hundreds of writerly folks gather to talk craft, to talk publishing, to talk to each other, and to drink (because…
At this year’s Muse and The Marketplace I will be peddling (presenting? offering? begging acceptance for?) my YA historical novel, Big Shot. This will be my second time at Muse with this novel, though its first as a Young Adult…
Somehow, I managed to miss the most important best of/year-end list of 2015. The top sellers? The best of whatevers? Who cares?! It’s the best cuties in publishing! At left: “Bela Lugosi, who belongs to Ben Samuel and probably helps at the National Book…
It’s time for the Friday Feast! This week, we have an assorted menu of literary links, from publicity and Twitter advice, to publishing news and an interview with an author whose young Nigerian protagonist awakes the morning before a job…