self-publishing

Do You Need an Agent? Here’s What an Agent Can, and Can’t, Do for You

As I walked into the hotel lobby, I was greeted by a sign announcing that I was in the right place: the site of Muse and the Marketplace, a writers'

So you finished your novel. Congratulations! Now what? If you're like me, the first thing you'll do is celebrate, maybe even all by

Laura Drake is in an enviable position as a writer, having sold her “Sweet on a Cowboy” series to Grand Central, winning a 2014 Romance Writers of

Recently, I was skimming the front pages of the New York Times book review when I caught this item: Jonathan Safran Foer's new novel,

Whether you're an aspiring writer pitching a book idea to agents, or a seasoned author whose editor expects a synopsis for each

My head is spinning after reading the latest letter by Editor-in-Chief Kevin Larimer in Poets & Writers magazine. Larimer makes some

“I crossed out 'Tuesday' because later you say it's Wednesday.” “She's fifty-nine here and fifty-eight on page 102. Which

Yesterday, I gathered with a group of area writers at the Haverhill Public Library Authors Fair. My table was situated between Kristin Bair O'Keeffe,

“So, what's your publisher doing to promote your novel?” a friend asked when I sold my second book. The truth was that I had no idea. Something,