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Are Authors Wasting Agents' Time?

A Q&A Weekend Edition

Federico Zandomeneghi - Woman writing (1894) - Private collection, painting of woman in white dress with her back to the viewer, writing on a table with a yellow table cloth

What If You're Scared: Of Writing

Two men on Northwest Airlines aircraft, one using typewriter, with female flight attendant in background, ca. 1965

Q&A Friday

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One Thing You Should NEVER Do When Trying to Publish a Book

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Why You Should Rethink Asking Agents About Their Communication Style On The Call

A blond white woman in a yellow sweater against a blue background and the cover of a green book with a blue melting face illustration, white text: The Fountain a novel Casey Scieszka.

How To Have It All

Jon Hamm as Don Draper in the last scene of Mad Men, meditating overlooking the ocean.

Do You Need To Go On A Writers Retreat?

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What I Think About When I Think About Saying Yes

Q&A Thursday

Q&A Thursday: To Series or Not to Series

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What If You're Scared of Querying?

Q&A Thursday: Storytime Edition

When Should You Stop Querying a Book?

Q&A Thursday: Community Edition

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One Thing You Should NEVER Do When Trying to Publish a Book

Why Are We So Surprised By Failure?

Every Book Is Different

What's the Next Level and Who Can Take You There?