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Sometimes the Best Thing You Can Do is Nothing

Impossible as it Sounds

How To Ask For a Blurb

How To Ask For a Blurb

All the other publishers commit them

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Q&A Thursday

Vulnerable Edition

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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

An old movie add for Her Second Chance. At the top of the image, a woman shakes her fist at a man across the table, with the text "You'll never forget me as long as you live!"

Do You Ever Get a Second Chance With Your First Agent?

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Does Publishing Have to Be This Hard?

A Feelings Post

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When Should You Stop Querying a Book?

Hi friends, I've been doing a steady stream of events lately and that means I've had the opportunity to talk to a lot of authors, ones at all stages of their careers. In most of the things I do out in the world, as an author