• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Nathan Bransford | Writing, Book Editing, Publishing

Helping authors achieve their dreams

  • Blog
  • Writing Advice
  • Publishing Advice
  • About
  • Take a Class
  • Get Editing

Janet Reid

Be wary of unsolicited literary agents in your inbox (This week in books)

April 1, 2022 by Nathan Bransford 1 Comment

This week! Books! Publishing scam watchdog Writer Beware has relaunched at writerbeware.blog. As it moves away from its accrispin.blogspot domain, it’s a time to honor the legacy of Writer Beware’s late co-founder Ann Crispin, a really lovely person who dedicated so much energy to helping authors. She was one of my early blog inspirations, and […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Ann Crispin, Donald Trump, Janet Reid, Leslie Budewitz, Writer Beware

Legislation introduced for a new Federal Writers’ Project (This week in books)

May 7, 2021 by Nathan Bransford 1 Comment

This week! Books! A brief scheduling note that I am going on a post-vaccination blog holiday for a couple of weeks, and I’ll be back with fresh content on May 24. Hope everyone who has access to a vaccine gets one and please consider donating to countries in need if you have the means. I’ll […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Anne R. Allen, Donald Maass, Federal Writers' Project, Jane Friedman, Janet Reid, John B. Thompson

Watch out for these publishing scams (This week in books)

January 15, 2021 by Nathan Bransford 6 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Angie Thomas, Anne R. Allen, Confederacy of Dunces, George Saunders, Jane Friedman, Janet Reid, Lincoln Michel, Scams

What are the worst endings in books? (This week in books)

October 23, 2020 by Nathan Bransford 9 Comments

This week! Books! I have tons and tons of great links for you this week, but real quick, I have two brand new pages that I want to make sure you see. I have a new blog landing page that makes the categories and search bar a little more prominent to help you find what […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Christopher Brown, Cory Doctorow, Janet Reid, Kate McKean, Kyle Chayka, Lauren D. Woods, Mike Shatzkin, Molly Stern, National Book Awards, publishing industry, Ron Charles

J.K. Rowling…… (This week in books)

June 12, 2020 by Nathan Bransford 22 Comments

This week! Books! As thousands of people around the world continued protesting injustice and brutality in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and at the start of Pride month, J.K. Rowling decided to double down with views on transgender people widely seen as transphobic, first in a series of tweets, then on a more […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: #BlackLivesMatter, J.K. Rowling, Jane Friedman, Janet Reid, literary agents, Trans Rights, writing advice

Tips if you’re struggling to write right now (This week in books)

April 10, 2020 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

This week! Books! It’s really difficult to concentrate these days and few people I know are as productive as usual. Anne R. Allen has a great post on why it’s so tough to write right now as we deal with our collective grief, and she has some tips on how to keep moving forward. In […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Amazon, Anne R. Allen, Book Marketing, book recommendations, BookEnds, coronavirus, Janet Reid, literary agents, Moby-Dick, Shakespeare

Primary Sidebar

About Nathan

Hi, I’m Nathan. I’m the author of How to Write a Novel and the Jacob Wonderbar series, which was published by Penguin. I used to be a literary agent at Curtis Brown Ltd. and I’m dedicated to helping authors achieve their dreams. Let me help you with your book!

My blog has everything you need to know to write, edit, and publish a book. Can’t find what you need or want personalized help? Reach out.

Learn more about me

Need Editing?

I'm available for consultations, edits, query critiques, brainstorming, and more.
Learn more!

My Books

How to Write A Novel
Cover of How to Publish a Book by Nathan Bransford
Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapo
Jacob Wonderbar for President of the Universe
Jacob Wonderbar and the Interstellar Time Warp

Forums

Need help with your query? Want to talk books? Check out the Nathan Bransford Forums
Footer Logo
Nathan Bransford

Helping authors achieve their dreams

  • Editing Services
  • My Books
  • About Me
  • Blog Directory
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
Twitter Logo Facebook Logo Instagram Logo
As an Amazon and Bookshop Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Amazon and Bookshop links are usually affiliate links.