Earlier this week, I was the featured interviewee over at Andrea Hurst’s Authornomics series. I answer questions such as:
- What’s the most important thing a writer should focus on to grow their career?
- What are some tips for dealing with rejection?
- How can self-publishing authors be successful in an ever-changing environment?
Click here to read the full Q&A.
Jane Friedman has spent nearly 25 years working in the book publishing industry, with a focus on author education and trend reporting. She is the editor of The Hot Sheet, the essential publishing industry newsletter for authors, and was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World in 2023. Her latest book is The Business of Being a Writer (University of Chicago Press), which received a starred review from Library Journal. In addition to serving on grant panels for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Creative Work Fund, she works with organizations such as The Authors Guild to bring transparency to the business of publishing.
Thanks for such a wonderful post; no doubt rejection is a tradition in the book industry and unless a writer is dedicated, it is easy to just give up. After so many rejections, I remember being told once by a publisher that unless my name is well known, traditional publishing is impossible. I did not allow that to disturb my determination so, I decided that my first work of fiction will not be self-published no matter what; few months later, I was offered a contract by a traditional publisher. My work is now at the last face of editing and the next is production. The fact is it is difficult out there for unknown writers, it makes one to think that maybe the entire publishing industry is corrupt.
BitDefender says links have Malware.
Liars.
Emotion is not a solution for technical problems.
But, sure, it’s your blog, kill the messemger.
Sorry, my attempt at a joke fell flat.
I can assure you the site is safe, regardless of what alerts you’ve received. It’s a literary agent website.
Ok, I investigated further. The ‘trafficlight’ option finds nothing to report. So, I looked at the code. There is an empty script container. Not good. Although this one isn’t isn’t given a name or ID, if it had either, other script could be used to inject code. But, I can’t say for sure this is why it blocked it. I wouldn’t want less knowledgeable persons blocked from my content, regardless. So, I’d look into it, if I were them.