The short version: I feel conflicted about certifications that a work is human authored. It's not something I'd obtain for my own work.
One author discovered that when the words don’t come and the rejections pile up, permission to pause becomes crucial for progress.
Here's Ann McCallum Staats on how taking a break led to a book deal.
Earlier this month, I attended a panel featuring bookstores discussing how they decide what to stock. One explained what a good comp title is.
Turns out that publishers & their sales reps don't always talk about comps in a way that's useful. Requirements for authors are far more onerous and strict!
After years of reporting on AI, I've put together this FAQ to answer questions of fact regarding AI and copyright. No opinions, no advocacy, just information about where we stand today.
These issues are not straightforward and even I have trouble keeping it all straight.
Next month, free to all: Join me and three career novelists & editors for an "ask me anything" lunchtime session on fiction writing.
Featuring: @tiffanyyatesmartin.bsky.social, @jessicastrawser.bsky.social & Steven James.
Very excited to be doing my first virtual event with the Australian Society of Authors. Later this year I'll be in Australia in person, too, teaching about the business of writing and publishing. 😍🦘
The success of a retreat depends on two things:
1. The experience participants have when they attend.
2. The number of people who want to come.
That #2 factor is driven by students who follow a particular teacher, says @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social, who speaks from long experience.
Join me!
Just about everyone I know has jumped on Substack or otherwise started a newsletter.
Most efforts don't amount to anything. It's not wasted time, but the newsletter is probably not achieving the writers' goals either.
If you want to be strategic (you don't have to be!), here's my advice.
I recently wrote about the downfalls of obsessing too much over your genre. That has sparked author Andromeda Romano-Lax to argue for how genre can inspire and instruct rather than limit.
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The Authors Guild has expanded its human-authorship certification program to all authors. It verifies author identity, but not AI use.
Join three career authors and editors for a discussion about crafting masterful fiction:
— Steven James, author of more than 20 novels
— Tiffany Yates Martin (pen name: Phoebe Fox) who has edited be...
For this year's Publishing Panel, Word for Word is proud to welcome two industry experts, @janefriedman.com and @laurastanfill.bsky.social! Join us on Wednesday, 3/18, at 8 PM EST as we talk with Jane and Laura about the state of publishing!
Register here: events.blackthorn.io/1N1TpJJ7/5a3...
For writers pursuing traditional publication, the path forward is full of possibility — and has also never been more confusing. Join leading industry expert and US author @janefriedman.com to gain the clarity and trends-oriented information about the international traditional publishing landscape.
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For writers pursuing traditional publication, the path forward is full of possibility — but it has also never been more confusing. The biggest publishers continue consolidating and can be risk averse,...
