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You know the old saying. It isn't just sound egg-maintenance theory. It also applies to many things in the writing life. Including wri...

I complained the other day on Twitter about Courier font. Here's my problem with Courier : Aside from being rather ugly (to me), it is...

Every time I go to a writers conference, I give the same advice to newbie kids book authors: Read read read. Have patience. Don't foll...

darrellcurts asked: I know I am getting way, way, WAY ahead of myself considering I do not have an agent or publisher but, how long shoul...

Hey there kids -- So as you may have noticed, I didn't do an open thread this month. (You may also NOT have noticed, in which case I f...

I was blotting the fact that it is already FEBRUARY out of my mind, but here we are. 2012 just got real. And in celebration of a new month, ...

Look, I keep my private life private, but let's just put it this way: I am a city girl. I have lots of different kinds of friends, with ...

HOW is it 2012 already?!  WoWza.  IT'S THE FUTURE. And... it's time for another Open Thread! You know the drill, kids -- ask me ...

Q: HELP. I am scared my agent is about to drop me. WHAT DO I DO? I gave basically this answer to somebody on a message board recently but r...

Paraphrased from a ton of queries: "I'm sending this to you exclusively. You're the only agent to see this because I know we...

Q: I have an agent I love, although she's not had success (yet?!) selling my book. The ever important question: what is appropriate for ...

 Q: I know that some agencies are a "no from one is a no from all", but... what if I want to query more than one of the agents any...

Hey kids, I realize that I never did one of these bad boys for September... whoopsie! I guess we all need a break from the usual routine n...

First of all, don't forget that the contest to win a full set of BRILLIANT FALL OF GIANNA Z is open until 8pm tonight. Get on it, kids!...

So I've resisted the siren call of Tumblr for a while, but... I realized that I want a place to specifically talk about books that are N...

From Twitter: "[I] stopped reading a blog after the 2nd sentence, "being an agent is less about art and more about money." @ ...

There's a piece in The Millions today that got under my skin a bit: " Shutting the Drawer: What Happens When a Book Doesn't Sel...

While going through some of my childhood stuff on a recent house-move, I found a photo album full of pictures I'd cut out of trashy teen...

There are certain things that happen to some writers that other writers may look upon with envy. Being "sent on tour" for example,...

I read this blog post from Authoress Anon with interest yesterday... particularly the comments section. It seems that everyone wants an ...