Writing Advice – Business & the Writing Life
Collecting posts I’ve written about the writing life and managing a writing career
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Every Book Is Evergreen
One of the most useful parts of Thompson’s Merchants of Culture is…
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The Lessons We Learn From the Smiley Face
The yellow smiley face was first designed in 1963. State Mutual Life…
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Narrative Poetics Dances A Tango With Publishing Technology
The narrative poetics of comic books are driven by the stories relationship…
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The Back Cover Synopsis in the Backlist-driven world
We used to sell books by telling you how exceptional the story…
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The Choke Points in the Entertainment Business (and Wrestling)
One of the recurring refrains in Todd Henry’s The Accidental Creative is…
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Chapbook 1 of 52: Briar Day
As mentioned in yesterday’s post, I’m attempting to publish 52 chapbooks throughout…
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52 Chapbooks: A 2022 Challenge
Back at the tail end of 2020, Dean Wesley Smith laid out…
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Fear and the Art of Submitting Short Fiction
Back when I taught short story writing, people would often ask the…
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On Velocity Models and Leading With Your Backlist
Back when I pulled together the Brain Jar Press writer guidelines, I…
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An Intriguing (and Discouraging) Take On Substack’s Business Model
My favourite headline doing the rounds right now: Is Salman Rushdie’s decision…
