Jane Friedman
My newest book, The Business of Being a Writer (University of Chicago Press), takes it on principle that learning about ...
For AWP 2018, I hired a team of writers to help me cover business-related sessions, as part of the launch ...
Writer Jane Delury discusses the importance of showing up and writing regardless of the conditions you find yourself in, no ...
Danielle Lazarin: "At every stage of my work, questions are my most essential writing tools. I use them to move ...
There's growing unrest surrounding the proliferation of free and cheap books, particularly ebooks. The reasons for sharp discounts and giveaways ...
A round-up of publishing industry trend articles, helping freelancers and authors anticipate changes coming in 2018 ...
I have been speaking at the Midwest Writers Workshop in Muncie, Indiana, continuously since 2003. Here's why I keep returning, ...
There's a very famous piece of advice from Anne Lamott that occasionally makes the rounds on social media. She says: ...
I regularly round up and comment on book marketing advice that have writers buzzing. Here's what sparked discussion in 2017 ...
Issues touched on: Barnes & Noble woes, the maturity of the self-publishing market, Wattpad profits, traditional publishing's problem launching blockbusters, ...
While it's not easy to launch a book without any kind of online presence, many first-time authors are in exactly ...
A step-by-step guide to finding literary agents, plus how to select the right agent for you and your work ...
Novelist Sophie Chen Keller offers an incisive look at what's different about writing a novel for adults when the narrator ...
If you plan to pursue writing as a professional, long-term career, I recommend starting and maintaining an author website even ...
Over a last year, a consistent theme has emerged in my discussions with writers around the country: They feel distracted ...
At its core, a query letter is a sales document, and so it’s meant to sell. But opinions differ on ...
Author Jay Swanson discusses how he's succeeded with Patreon, which allows fans to pledge monthly financial support to his creative ...
I'm a contributor to a new essay collection, WHAT EDITORS DO, edited by Peter Ginna and published by University of ...
I'm the featured guest on the new Backmatter podcast from Leanpub, which is focused specifically on the publishing industry and its ...
Fiction writing, while not closely associated with affecting one's real-life relationships, can indeed have that power and develop one's empathy ...
When I hear professional publicists offer advice to authors, one theme that comes up again and again is: start where ...
Print sales for traditional publishers are increasing this year—up by 2.6% compared to the first half of 2016. Ebook sales ...
I believe a successful social media strategy is driven by one’s personality and strengths, as well as the qualities of ...
Social media is widely considered necessary by authors and publishers for book marketing. But is it as important as an ...
All writers have to find a way to deal with the internal negative voice that tells them their work is ...
Whether you’re an emerging author or one that is well-established, it can be challenging to figure out what belongs on ...
In a great story, character and plot are inextricable from one another. The seeds of the story conflict lie in ...
Reader analytics measures the strength of reader engagement with a book. This data helps publishers more effectively market and promote ...
Plugins are one of the most wonderful and useful things about Wordpress. Here are some of my favorites for writers ...
Social media is just one component of your author platform, and not necessarily the most important component. It works best ...
Pitching agents at a writers conference can be a difficult task for the new writer. Here's how to make it ...
Tapas, a new digital publishing platform, has led to meaningful earnings and readership for independent artists and writers in less ...
Are you getting the most from professional feedback, or are you inadvertently sabotaging your progress? Look for these patterns in ...
Here's a word I have eliminated as fully as possible from my information and advice lexicon for writers: passion ...
Today, our problem is not finding more great things to read. It’s finding time to read the great many wonderful ...
A "clueless ask" is when a well-meaning stranger asks for an investment of a successful person's time and energy. What ...
If you want to publish your book, here are the steps you should follow to assess your work's potential, then ...
In my many years of critiquing queries, I see the same weaknesses again and again. Here are the biggest issues ...
If there's something at the heart of the story that still interests you, that keeps pulling you back, that still ...
Everyone has a meaningful story to tell, but not everyone’s story (or writing) is going to deserve a commercial publishing ...
Writing a nonfiction book proposal—a good one—requires not only sharp clarity about your idea, but also how that idea, in ...
Everything you need to know to start writing a book proposal for your nonfiction book ...
Whenever you produce titles fast, you're making trade-offs ...
Here are the latest stories that are causing confusion (and sometimes moral panic) where it's not deserved ...
Some agents and editors say that personalizing a query letter can backfire. Others say the opposite—that it's mandatory. What should ...
A detailed look at how NetGalley's Stuart Evers and Myfanwy Collins went from manuscript to publication, with marketing and PR ...
Writer Katherine Vaz discusses an assignment that is given to every student at her university: to write about "the most important thing ...
Authors need help with digital book marketing—the kind of help that traditional publishers rarely provide. Co-ops and collectives can help ...
I'm delighted to announce that I've been working with The Authors Guild on the creation and release of their new ...
If you dream of a full-time freelance writing career, don't be discouraged by the largely negative messages about how difficult ...