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Q&A Thursday

Keep Me Posted or Not Edition

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The Less You Want To Do Something

The More You Have To Do It

A painting by Rene Magritte called The Submissive reader. a person holding a book with a shocked look on their face.

Q&A Thursday

Can You Do That edition

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Now Hiring: Author

A fake list of job requirements

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Q&A Thursday

I Am Not A Lawyer Edition

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How The Money Works

A Nuts & Bolts Post

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Q&A Thursday

Vulnerable Edition

Oil painting of a white man speaking to a crowd of other white people, circa 1853

90 Or So Things I Did In a Year To Promote My Book

And What You Can Learn From It

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All Your Problems Will be Solved by Talking to Your Agent for Five Minutes

And what to do if you don't have an agent

A chimpanzee sitting at a typewriter

WIP: How's It Going?

For You and For Me

A black and white photo of a large IBM computer from the 1960s with a white woman sitting at desk at a typewriter in front of it.

Q&A Thursday

Statistical Edition

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How To Sell Books and Influence People

Well, one way at least

a black and white photo of runners at a startling line of a marathon in Riga, 1991.

Q&A Thursday

Run Your Own Race edition

A black and white photograph of a small bird on top of a slice of cake. Titled: Taking the cake. Photograph by Louise Birt Baynes.

20 Things I Learned From 20 Years as an Agent

Happy Anniversary to me. And a Giveaway!