The workshop has ended, but I’m still in teaching mode. It’ll take a few days for that urge to go away. Until it does, let me point out Andrew Wheeler’s excellent blog on one of the (many) pitfalls of publishing. He talks about having books passed over by the major chains, and some of the reasons such things happen. Unfortunately, it happens to a lot of very fine writers. It’s always better to understand what has gone wrong (and some of the reasons why it could go wrong) instead of flailing around in the dark. So in the spirit sharing knowledge, here’s the link to Andrew’s blog. Tweet This Post … Read entire article »

My husband, Dean Wesley Smith, has a great blog on the importance of first readers. You can check it out here. He wrote it on the eve of our Master Class, which begins tonight. We’ll be teaching professional writers at a crossroads in their careers for the next two weeks. It’s a lot of work for both of us, so I’m not sure how much I’ll post. But I’ll try, especially workshop oriented stuff. Tweet This Post … Read entire article »