The Trauma Olympics
Jason Arday, fact-checking and memoir, and why writers lie
Writerly Things with Brooke Warner
I am an author advocate, publisher of She Writes Press, co-founder of Memoir Nation, book industry insider, and champion to writers who show up to the page because they must.
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How to Give Cover Feedback
A look under the hood of book cover design process, why you're likely to have an in-house liaison, and why AI is not welcome
Book Publishing Doesn’t Know What It Thinks About AI—and It Shows
A publisher’s take on why there are so many AI scandals in book publishing and why they will keep happening
She Writes Press is awarding two traditional publishing contracts!
Why we have a contest for writers of color, and help us spread the word (submissions close on September 10)
Your Writing Is Enough
What authors tell me when I've called them out for using AI in their writing—and why to resist the temptation to let it write for you
A Field Guide to Increasing Book Sales by 300%
Facebook's Massive Backfire Maneuver in Its Efforts to Silence Author Sarah Wynn-Williams
Getting to Zero: What a Publisher Is For, No Matter Who’s Paying
The idea for this post has been sitting with me for a couple months, so I’m taking you back to April, when I attended the Publishing Professionals Network conference in my hometown of Berkeley, California, with Jane Friedman keynoting.
The Librarians Are Angry (and They’re Not Wrong)
Why library borrows and eBook discounts are not lost sales or income
The Tell's Biggest Tells
Privilege and money, truth and memory, and who gets believed
Writing Memoir Is Hard
On Resistance, the Unnatural Work of Personal Writing, and the Reward
Who Are You, Anyway?
Elaine Petrocelli and 50 Years of Book Passage
No Rules, No Fact-Checkers, No Plan
What publishing's latest AI scandal reveals about the future of AI and authorship
Write Everything. Publish Carefully.
A publisher's guide to writing memoir in a more combative world (with case studies)
Write with Me
Opportunities to write, connect, and be held accountable
What Actually Sells Books
The Magic AI Can't Touch
The Gentle Art of Nagging
A Writer's Guide to Book Blurbs and Why They Still Very Much Matter
Why Authors Are Perfect Victims
What to do about impersonation, offers that are too good to be true, and the flattery trap
Don't Overlook Your Subtitle
A Genre-by-Genre Guide for Authors
Don't Vanish
Why to Write (and Keep Writing) During Trying Times
Hybrid Publishing: From Frontier to Mainstream
Why I think hybrid publishing has finally arrived.