Nathan Bransford | Writing, Book Editing, Publishing
Helping authors achieve their dreams
This week! Books! After first releasing a now-deleted defense of bringing her eponymous show back despite an ongoing writers strike, Drew Barrymore summoned every bit of astute humility she possessed and found the hoped for resolve by pausing her talk show until the strike is over. And about that strike: WGA and the studios have […]
This week! Books! Actress and (as I only learned this week) talk show host Drew Barrymore sparked an immense amount of controversy this week as she announced the return of her show The Drew Barrymore Show without union writers, who are on an ongoing months-long strike. Writers including Colson Whitehead noted the irony that Barrymore […]
This week! Books! Book scammers continue to prey on unsuspecting authors, and one of the latest versions involves people impersonating real literary agents, sending fraudulent contracts, and then asking for money. These scams have been around for a while, but seem to be reaching new levels of sophistication. Remember: no reputable agent will ask you […]
This week! Books! The blog is going to take an end-of-summer hiatus over the next few weeks and I’ll be back here after Labor Day. Also…………….. how is summer almost over?? I have very proudly never read/watched one of the paragons of white savior narratives The Blind Side, but some extremely distressing allegations emerged around […]
This week! Books! A big domino in book publishing fell this month as private equity behemoth KKR has acquired Simon & Schuster for $1.62 billion, rather less than the $2.175 billion Penguin Random House agreed to before that deal was quashed by a federal judge, though the blow to Paramount was softened by the $200 […]
This week! We’re getting into the summer publishing doldrums so not a huge amount of news, but I have some links to send your way. I will be taking a hiatus next week but will return later in August. First up, I was negligent last week when I forgot to link to the really upsetting […]
Helping authors achieve their dreams
