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 her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
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.