Writers and agents are at war. There’s a battle  in a fairly well-known agent’s blog. Agent Chip MacGregor published a guest post about agents refusing to read slush pile stuff. A writer took exception and commented that she consigned Mr. MacGregor’s blog to her slush pile and 86ed it.
Attitude is everything. Mr. MacGregor retorted the [...]

Digital photography is one of the hottest book topics around and everyone is writing a book about digital photography. I got a review copy of Derek Pell’s Shoot to Thrill. There is some value here for writers who wish to incorporate photos into their queries and submissions. However, I’m not inclined to recommend the book. [...]

Trash Proof News Releases is a handbook (about 200 pages) for anyone who needs to promote a book or product with press releases. You may think you know all about writing press releases, but you could easily be wrong. the goal, as with all writing, is to get them read. Most end up in the [...]

It’s a scary time for writers. Pulitzer Prize winning authors are looking for work; established writers are laid off in droves, and publishers bite the dust daily. But ghost writing is a writing niche in high demand and growing fast. As publishers and agents get pickier about what they accept, and editorial gigs dry up [...]

Hooking up Dean Koontz and Frankenstein isn’t a big stretch. Koontz has written some creepy stuff. But what do Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott stories have to to with zombies and vampires? What does all that blood and guts have to do with selling your writing?
According to Sniplets.com, Dean Koontz signed with Bantam Books to [...]