The Night Gift

While it's true that I've always been a night owl who stays up till two or three a.m. reading, surfing the net, and eating figs on water crackers.  I now have a legitimate, literary, career related excuse for being up that late every night. You see, Betsy Bird doesn't post her daily Fuse #8 blog...

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Children's Books Need Find Own Illustrator

 So you've written a children's book and you're wondering, What about the pictures? This question often comes up a lot and it's one of the most common questions asked by a new children's writer-- "Do I need to find an illustrator for my picture book?" The answer is no. Unless you are a professional-quality...

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Select Literary Agent

Are you having trouble finding a good agent you like working with? If so, join the club. This is one of the most common complaints of writers, including long-time professional writers. Even writers who have an agent may be looking for another one, or have different types of writing projects better...

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My Book Managing Expectations

A big part of dealing with this business of publishing is managing your expectations. If your expectations are out of whack to begin with, your publishing journey will disappointing My Book Managing Expectations. I realize there is so much information and misinformation out there that it's hard to...

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Black Holes Powerful Attractive

What are your expectations toward agents who have submitted a manuscript to you? I didn’t have one for my country because authors approach the publishing houses directly but I now have an agent from an established firm. This agent is keen and enthusiastic for my work and always gives good advice. My...

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Phoenix Will Rise from Its Own Ashes

You might start thinking that publishers simply aren't listening to the strong reactions that recent instances of whitewashing have elicited from the community of readers / bloggers. You might even think that perhaps they're hoping that eventually we'll get tired of complaining about this, and they'll...

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Erin Fry's Debut Fat Boy

ERIN FRY'S DEBUT FAT BOY TO MARSHALL CAVENDISH! I'm thrilled to announce that Erin Fry has sold her debut Middle Grade novel FAT BOY to Marilyn Brigham at Marshall Cavendish! FAT BOY, in which a 13-year old obese teenager, tired of his life of XXL t-shirts and unrequited crushes, and reeling from...

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Anastasia Suen's Book Deal

ANASTASIA SUEN'S 4-BOOK DEAL TO KANE/MILLER I am thrilled to announce the sale of Anastasia Suen's newest chapter book series to Kira Lynn at Kane/Miller in a a 4-book deal! Anastasia Suen is one of those writers that not only writes books for Ronnie and me to sub (and yes, Ronnie just sold Anastasia's...

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