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Many of you have probably heard that publishers are doing less and less to promote their books, and so authors are expected to take on an ever-increasing share of the marketing load. This of course varies depending on the size of the publisher, the author, and the...

ROCKING THE POST CONFERENCE I just returned from the ultra-fabulous San Francisco Writers Conference and thought it might be a good time to share some tips on what you need to do AFTER a writers conference to make it worthwhile and the most value to you as a writer....

It's February 14th. You know what day it is? Singles Awareness Day. But don't get S.A.D. Get even. In ink 😉 Helen has a big signing at her local B&N today, and we managed to catch her beforehand for a quick interview. Here's a snippet: Fuse Literary: What is your...

Hey there Fuse fans! Today I thought it might be useful to talk about an element of novel-writing that I get a lot of questions about. That is points of view. Not first person vs. third person, though that's probably a worthy blog post on its own, but rather how...

It’s almost Valentine’s Weekend, which means it’s almost time for one of my favorite matchmaking events, the San Francisco Writers’ Conference. I’ve been going to this one every year since before I was an agent (shout out to Linda Lee and her crew of rockstar...

We’ve got some books for you to read over Black History Month!

I recently had a conversation with a fellow writer who received a rejection letter from an editor. The editor's emailed response said the writer's query was "dense" and "filled with too much personal chatter." I asked to see the query. Yep, the editor was correct....

There's been a lot of hullaballoo in Hollywood and in the media recently about this year's Oscar Nominations in the Acting Categories. For the second year in a row, all 20 nominees in the acting categories are white. Social media has responded to this reality with...

As a new semester begins today at Pace University, where I'm an adjunct lecturer in the Publishing master's degree program, of course I'm thinking about how and what we learn and that old saw, "Once you stop learning, you start dying." I've seen it attributed to...

It's January and writers/editors/agents are once again thinking about the year ahead and how we're going to make it better than the last one. This year I've made 6 safe and 7 wild predictions about what's on tap for the coming twelve months. From ebook stagnation...