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It's that time again, kids. Open Thread time! While I am getting ready for tomorrow's YA EXTRAVAGANZA (are you coming?), this is ...

Q: How about getting out of a never-ending option clause? Say you've gone directly to a publisher. Say that publisher keeps putting an ...

Q: What about two-book deals? How finished does a sequel or tie-in need to be and how likely is it that a debut author can get one? There ar...

@DelilahSDawson Note to self: When you change the char's name from Tom to Jimbo with a blanket Find & Replace, you get...

Welcome to Friday Five, evening edition!  HOW did this week go by so quickly? 1) The dog is now called Moxie.  It's a lot easier to sa...

The BREAKING WAVES e-anthology is here!  Fiction, poetry, essays, and fabulousness! This anthology is co-edited by my client Tiffany Tren...

So, if you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you've no doubt noticed that as of yesterday, there has been a new addition to the househol...

Let's talk about a dirty word. MIDLIST. Some published authors seem to be quite worried about being called "midlist". But ki...

Are you a YA writer or YA lit lover who lives in the Hudson Valley?  I'm starting a literary salon that you should be a part of.  This m...

From comments: "I'm still waiting for an agent to blog or tweet about something an editor did that annoyed them. I guess either ed...

The question has come up on Nathan's blog , and elsewhere... How do you feel about things like SlushPile Hell and #queryfail and all ...

Anonymous Comment: you have 24 authors already, and you're opening your email for more?? are you planning on never sleeping again? Keep...

Lots of new stuff on the life front. My insane roadtrip (11 states in 7 days) ended and my stint in New York began. When I first got here, I...

As many of you know, I am moving to New York for a while , which means I've packed up all my stuff and am driving cross-country this wee...

If you are an author and you only link to A**zon on your website, booksellers will hate you. Really. If you go to a store, get a bunch of ...

Ever wanted to know every single thing about me ever? Check out this astonishingly thorough "Agent Spotlight" on Casey McCormick...

Being an agent isn't all about reading books and knocking back bon-bon martinis, despite how Twitter might make it look.  I keep getting...

One of my pals on Facebook posted a story about how Pope Benedict is writing a children's book. This inspired lots of anti-celebrity wri...

I keep seeing people on Twitter use this thing "Formspring." Which apparently allows anonymous people to ask whatever questions th...

At last week's conference, I got manymany questions referring to publishing myths as if they were truths. Many of these were mentioned m...