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Be careful out there. While the Internet has been an incredible boon to writers, allowing us to find fellow creators and readers, there are also a truly unfathomable number of scammers these days preying on authors’ dreams. There are also well-intentioned publishing professionals out there who don’t realize they’re incompetent and could unknowingly wreak havoc […]
This week! Books! Normally this is the quiet dog days of publishing summer, but you wouldn’t know it from the number of links I have for you this week! New Amazon Data Center Stokes Worry It Would Be the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S. – Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times – As a […]
The day an agent offers you representation is one of the most incredible moments in your publishing journey. I’ll never forget when Catherine Drayton called me to offer representation for Jacob Wonderbar. I had doubted myself nearly every step of the way before that point, and hadn’t even told my friends and family I was […]
This week! Books! Author Whose $2 Million Book Deal Was Derailed by AI Concerns Says He’s Innocent (gift link) – Melissa Korn, Wall Street Journal – More on the author whose $2.5 million deal was derailed after his agents pulled the book due to suspicions of A.I. usage. Jerry Falade says he only used A.I. […]
A few recent developments have really opened my eyes to the changing landscape for authors and literary agents: Stick with me here because I’m going to weave these different threads together to show you why it’s increasingly crucial for authors to see what prospective literary agents can offer very, very clearly, and to begin to […]
