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Self Publishing: Is it right for you?
After reading Jennifer Armentrout's news this week I began to think a lot about self publishing. The stigma of writing a book and publishing it yourself is gone. The need for acceptance by the big five houses in NYC is irrelevant. The big five need you. They need your...
What is a hybrid author and why do we
The world of publishing is evolving so rapidly sometimes I think I’m in a science fiction movie and can’t get out! The pace of change is so head spinning, I can’t even create a presentation more than a week ahead of time because a news announcement might occur (and...
Publishing News of the Week
Each Friday we will share a post full of useful and fun publishing news of the week. Traditional News: BOTYA book finalists announced. "Better Nate Than Ever is a glittering love letter to Broadway, bullied gay teens" HuffPo Client Kelly Davio wraps up AWP 2013....
Writing Children’s Books – Who needs kids anyway?
Do you write children's books? Picture books, early readers, chapter books, middle grade or young adult. If your writing falls anywhere within these age ranges the answer to my original question is a resounding, YOU DO. As the writer of a children's book you do in...
Trends in Historical Fiction – Cliches of Womanhood
Every genre has its own little ticks. Some are beloved tropes, but others have become cliche and tired, dragging down otherwise promising works. In historical fiction, one of the most common cliches is the overly-modern protagonist. Is your protagonist oddly...
Why Fuse, Why Now? by Laurie McLean
Before I became a literary agent in 2005, I had previously spent 25 years in high tech marketing working with clients such as Apple Computer, Adobe Systems, Intuit, Hotmail and hundreds of other companies. It was a heady time in our culture with technological advances...
Welcome to Fuse, by Gordon Warnock
I’m so excited about Fuse Literary. I just had to say that right off the bat. There will be future blog posts offering tips on writing and publishing effectively, breaking industry news, client updates, and maybe even the occasional recipe (I bake like a mofo). But as...
Why Working with Picture Books Excites Us
There’s something magical about working with children’s books, picture books in particular. From an author’s initial thoughts through to the point it sits in the lap of an admiring child there is almost nothing else in the world more miraculous and life changing in my...
Unhappy Families – Working with Historical Fiction and Women’s Fiction by Jen Karsbaek
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. - Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina Here's something you may not know about me: part of my love of reading comes from the fact that I am unendingly nosy. I like being in people's business, but that...
