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Is it OK to resend a query? (This week in books)

November 13, 2020 by Nathan BransfordLeave a Comment

This week! Books! President Barack Obama’s memoir A Promised Land arrives next Tuesday, which is going to have massive reverberations in the bookselling world, not least of which because it clocks in at a hefty $45 list price. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie reviewed it for the New York Times, and Smithsonian Magazine looks at where it […]

Filed Under: This Week in BooksTagged With: Barack Obama, Charles Dickens, Dan Blank, Fuchsia Dunlop, Jessica Faust, Kate McKean, Kristin Nelson, literary agents

Are you willing to stand out from the crowd? (This week in books)

September 18, 2020 by Nathan Bransford1 Comment

This week! Books! I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting these past few weeks on what’s next for my creative life and where I want to devote my energy, so this post on the Freelancers Union blog by Justine Clay was just the right thing at the right time: Are you really willing to stand […]

Filed Under: This Week in BooksTagged With: Barack Obama, Colin Hester, Diversity, Donald Trump, Justine Clay, literary agents, Macmillan, Matthew Salesses, National Book Awards

How to choose a pen name (This week in books)

August 14, 2020 by Nathan Bransford3 Comments

This week! Books! First up, I had the good fortune of stopping by the Red Sneaker Writers podcast to talk about advice for the publishing journey and my work as a writing coach and consultant. Give it a listen! What’s in a pen name? In a world of social media and Google-able everything, I’m getting […]

Filed Under: This Week in BooksTagged With: Angie Thomas, Jessica Faust, Kate McKean, literary agents, Neko Case, Red Sneaker Writers, Vikram Chandra, William Faulkner

J.K. Rowling…… (This week in books)

June 12, 2020 by Nathan Bransford22 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 BooksTagged 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 BransfordLeave 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 BooksTagged With: Amazon, Anne R. Allen, Book Marketing, book recommendations, BookEnds, coronavirus, Janet Reid, literary agents, Moby-Dick, Shakespeare

How five authors are changing the YA world (This week in books)

February 14, 2020 by Nathan Bransford1 Comment

This week! Books! I really loved this feature in Elle on five amazing authors who are reshaping the young adult fiction landscape: Tomi Adeyemi, Akwaeke Emezi, Elizabeth Acevedo, Angie Thomas, and Nic Stone. Daniel Frank took a look at the most beloved and most hated classics according to Goodreads users. The Godfather at 4.37 and […]

Filed Under: This Week in BooksTagged With: Akwaeke Emezi, American Dirt, Angie Thomas, Elizabeth Acevedo, literary agents, Mary Higgins Clark, Moby-Dick, Nic Stone, Tomi Adeyemi

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