traditional publishing

How Are You Showing Up?

Recently, I streamed “Showing Up,” a movie starring Michelle Williams as a glum, frumpy sculptor working at the Oregon College of Arts and Crafts in

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'

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,

I published my newest novel, Haven Lake, in April, and I have another book scheduled for publication in October. Yesterday, I started a new

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

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,

We writers quake in our slippers at the thought of actually having to get dressed and emerge from behind our laptop shields. Whether we're