Nathan Bransford | Writing, Book Editing, Publishing
Helping authors achieve their dreams
News emerged in the past few weeks that distressed a lot of literary fans. As I detailed in last week’s entry of This Week in Books: The late Alice Munro’s daughter Andrea Robin Skinner published an essay about how Munro stood by Skinner’s stepfather even after he admitted to sexually abusing Skinner. Nearly as distressing as […]
As the year winds down, I thought I’d do something lighter and compile some best-ofs for your holiday enjoyment! On Thursday we’ll have a critique as usual, and Friday will be the last post of the year, with some reflections on the year in books. Thank you so much to everyone for reading and commenting […]
Note: This post contains mild spoilers for the Netflix movie Don’t Look Up and has some political content. You have been warned. But it does get to some writing advice. The newish Netflix movie Don’t Look Up has been generating a heady mix of enthusiastic praise and enthusiastic scorn. For the uninitiated: a massive extinction-level […]
I must confess that I’ve come late to the realm of online classes, which have soared during the pandemic. So help me out: What are some of your favorite online classes? What did you like about them? They don’t have to be writing and publishing related! I’m curious which classes you’ve loved in any stripe […]
In an effort to spark my creativity, at the start of the year I instituted a new system where I spend some time every Sunday researching new albums. Then I listen to a new album every weekday while I’m answering emails. Most I just listen to once, but occasionally I’ll find some gems that become […]
In many ways this feels like a strange year to be giving thanks. 2020 hasn’t been a great year for nearly anyone. Many of us will be spending the holidays alone, only able to connect with our loved ones virtually. And particularly in a year marked by mass movements to address racial injustice, the problematic […]
Helping authors achieve their dreams
