Bonus Q&A
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Last week was busy and I missed sending you a Q&A Thursday. I hate it when newsletters are all sorry I haven't posted in a while!!!! because tbh we're all kinda ok with not getting 100 email newsletters a week. BUT this
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What's the Next Level and Who Can Take You There?
Hi friends,
I frequently see, in my query inbox and questions posted around the internet, authors looking for someone to take them to "the next level." Often, it's a self-published author who didn't find the success they wanted and now seek someone to help
Q&A Thursday: Community Edition
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I'm having a productive week. Huzzah! I'm also making a concerted effort to take it easy in other areas of my life so that the high of productivity doesn't bleed over into everything else and I end up burnt out. Balance! We
How To Be An Author: Book or Books?
Hi Y'all,
A prompt went around Bluesky this weekend, started by Rachel Feder, and it promptly broke containment. Of course I had to chime in. (Chiming in is my favorite.)
Throw away the first book you write.
— Kate McKean (@katemckean.bsky.social) 2025-10-13T20:57:30.737Z
I knew
Q&A Thursday: Back to the Well Edition
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How To Be An Author
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You're here for how-tos. That's what I set out to do when I started this newsletter way back in 2019 (!!!)–put things you needed to know about writing, publishing, and literary agents all in one place. This many years on, there's not
Scratch 'n Sniff Publishing
Hey y'all,
Did you hear about the garlic-infused book? Or, I should say, the garlic mayo scented ink book? New York Times best selling author Jennifer L. Armentrout's new book, The Primal of Blood and Bone will be available as a limited edition hardcover co-branded by