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We need to talk about email thread etiquette
If you don’t know what an email thread is and why it is imperative that you respect their integrity when corresponding with publishing professionals, well…. please pull up a chair. We need to talk. Literary agents and other publishing professionals are very, very busy people. At any given time, a literary agent may be corresponding […]
Watch out for these publishing scams (This week in books)
This week! Books! Well. It was a week. How are we doing out there? Publishing scams are pretty much as old as publishing, and they’re proliferating in our digital and gullible age. Anne. R. Allen has a good roundup of publishing scams to watch out for in 2021, including new ones (manuscript phishing!) and old […]
Don’t neglect the broader setting (page critique)
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Action, then reaction
It feels a bit strange posting writing advice into the void given the events of the past week, but since many of you are likely channeling your emotions into writing these days, I wanted to write a quick tip about action. I often see a peculiar writing tic where writers rush and put the dramatic […]
S&S cancels Josh Hawley’s book deal (This week in books)
This week! Books! This week has been a heck of a decade. I don’t really know what to say about the incredibly distressing events of this week that others haven’t said more forcefully and eloquently, so I’m just going to move on to the books links. One consequence of the insurrection at the Capitol this […]
