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How to write a novel in three days (This week in books)

June 25, 2021 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Summer is upon us, and I’ll be taking a blog break next week, returning on Wednesday July 7. I’ll be checking email though, so don’t hesitate to reach out to me for editing! In the meantime, summer tends to be a very slow time for publishing news, but I found some good […]

RWA implodes (This week in books)

January 3, 2020 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! New decade! RIP to legendary Knopf leader Sonny Mehta, whose influence on the world of literature would be hard to overstate. I particularly liked this quote, spotted by Publishers Lunch: I don’t think you can work in this business without faith or optimism. Reading a manuscript, sensing something special about it, and […]