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Why some authors burn their work (This week in books)

May 22, 2020 by Nathan Bransford 1 Comment

This week! Books! First off, a quick housekeeping matter. I’ve been working on some changes to the blog under the hood! These include: Last week we moved over to a new server so hopefully the pesky outages we’ve had will cease to be a thing. I’ll be launching a new home page at www.nathanbransford.com The […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Jessica Faust, LitHub, RWA, Salman Rushdie

There’s no such thing as a bad time to query (This week in books)

January 17, 2020 by Nathan Bransford 1 Comment

This week! Books! First up, please pardon our dust! As you may have noticed I’ve been experimenting with some design changes, and it’s going to take a bit of time to get some of the kinks worked out. Which means that RSS and my newsletters are currently broken. I hope to get that sorted out […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Dean Koontz, Jessica Faust, Patricia Cornwall, RWA

RWA implodes (This week in books)

January 3, 2020 by Nathan Bransford 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Adam Gopnik, Chris Van Allsburg, E-books, Jennifer Hubbard, RWA, Star Wars

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