THIS WEEK!

#SinC is honored to have THE Jane Friedman
join us for a webinar on #publishing trends!

Tuesday, 4:30pmET -- info and registration here: sistersincrime.org/webinars

#WritingCommunity #writerslife #ProTips

Can anyone advise on how to resolve this?

NEXT WEEK!

#SinC is honored to have THE Jane Friedman join us for a webinar on #publishing trends!

Tuesday, October 24, 4:30pmET
Info and registration here:
sistersincrime.org/webinars

#WritingCommunity #writerslife #ProTips

HT ⁦Lorraine Shanley⁩ The Revamped USA Today Bestseller List Isn’t What It Used to Be | The Hot Sheet via ⁦Jane Friedman⁩ hotsheetpub.com/2023/10/the-re…

Ever-insightul Jane Friedman. This part especially resonates: 'If it’s not bringing you joy, if it’s not something you actively look forward to (and especially if it’s something that feels anxiety producing or a burden), it’s time to let go of it.”
janefriedman.com/how-can-i-set-…

They’re the bogeymen of publishing. Along with prologues, adverbs, and semicolons, flashbacks may be the most vilified—and most misunderstood—of storytelling devices. Tiffany Yates Martin offers insight: janefriedman.com/flashback-a-gr…

Warhol: 'In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.'

Amazon: 'In the future, everyone will have AI-generated biographies for sale at our site, that are completely untrue and that we avidly market and promote.'

futurism.com/ai-writing-sca…

Recent headlines:
“Agents aren’t making money.”
“Authors aren’t making money.”
“Trade publishing staffers aren’t making money.”
Who, exactly, is making money?
This seems worthy of further examination.
Have a great Tuesday, y’all!

Lovely advice/reminders and true in my experience. Wish I had figured some of this out the first time around. I've found 7/8 to be particularly key.

Aside from a query or proposal, here’s a rundown of four other pitch packages you will need before, during, and after your book comes out, roughly in order of importance and utility—by Amy L. Bernstein. janefriedman.com/the-other-pitc…

My thanks to The Writing Consultancy for sponsoring my free newsletter, Electric Speed, during September. Get a free 20-minute call with Britta Jensen about revising and submitting your novel memoir: buff.ly/3OQZxOj #ad #sponsored

Is writing your memoir likely to justify your time and energy from a financial perspective? Almost certainly not. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t write it. janefriedman.com/worthwhile-to-…

Keynote addition for #AIGG23 ! Jane Friedman (@HotSheetPub) joins the keynote lineup at the AI Governance Global 2023. Hear her speak about the perils AI presents to authors and other creatives and so much more. Register ASAP: bit.ly/3YHwUbD

Shout out to The Writing Consultancy for sponsoring my free newsletter, Electric Speed, in September. Writers, you can get a free 20-minute call with Britta Jensen about revising your novel or memoir: buff.ly/3OQZxOj #ad #sponsored

There are many different places in the overall timeline of your novel that your story could begin. So what makes one option superior to another? Susan DeFreitas offers clear guidance. buff.ly/48lBPDs

Does social media sell books? It does, but rarely in the way that most people think. It's not about the size of your following. Allison K Williams explains. brevity.wordpress.com/2023/09/19/soc…

Being up front about your quirks and weaknesses makes for powerful true stories. But overdoing the crazy for comic effect, at least in a personal narrative, can quickly read false and feel tiresome. Joni Cole offers wisdom on humor: janefriedman.com/finding-the-fu…

More changes at #KDP : to combat abuse (read: crappy AI-generated books), daily volume limits on new titles per user are being lowered. This Publishers Weekly article says 3 titles per user, but the #Amazon announcement doesn't give a number #WritingCommunity publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/di…

Last call! Join me and contracts expert Suzanne Lucas Gosson to talk about how to negotiate book publishing contracts if you don't have an agent. Free and recorded: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Loved this conversation! And the discussion is only becoming more and more important.