A Newbie's Guide to Publishing

Let's talk about networking and schmoozing. There's a difference. Networking involves staying in touch with your peers, knowing who ...

That JA Konrath guy is out of his mind. Doesn't he understand that his attitude is all wrong? How can he expect writers to devote as muc...

Why do artists in general, and writers in particular, think the world will bow down and kiss their asses simply because they wrote a book? W...

Julia Spencer-Fleming sent me a link to a blog written by Tor editor Anna Louise, all about how books do or don't make money: http://al...

Good: You get to write for a living. Bad: Writing is a small part of being a writer, and many other things actually take up most of your tim...

Publishing is really all about real estate. Your in-house publicist works with sales (the reps who sell to 5 main buyers--libraries, chains,...

When you're a kid, if your parents were any good, they'd ooh and aah over the construction paper artwork you brought home, and put i...

I've been told that death is easy, but comedy... that's hard. Actually, it's not as hard as you might think. Laughter is simply ...

Besides being a lawyer, a former CIA agent, and a great thriller writer, Barry Eisler is one of the most infuriatingly opinionated people I ...

Dialog is one of the most important componants of story, for many reasons. It relays important information and moves the story forward It sh...