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On the occasions of Charlaine Harris being named a 2021 Grand Master honoree by the Mystery Writers of America... It was a Cub game.  The M...

Excited to be heading up to Boston on President's Day weekend for Boskone 56.  It's forty years this day that I was staying by coinc...

My second WorldCon in San Jose, and it's starting next week. Here are some things I remember from ConJose in 2002: John Hemry/Ja...

When we’re interviewing for new staff, we’re often talking to people who are currently working at a publishing company, and we’ll often ask ...

I'm always excited to be at Boskone .  I wouldn't have my current life if not for getting sample copies of OMNI Magazine in the Bosk...

Here is a letter which I am sending today to the CEO of one of the major publishing conglomerates.  All authors and agents should feel free ...

I'm excited to be a special Agent Guest of the GenCon Writers Symposium this year! So many of our clients and friends are going, and ...

The first convention I attended as a pro was Balticon in 1989.  Elizabeth Moon was told she'd be winning the Compton Crook Award.  I got...

I got to participate in an SF Signal "Mind Meld" this week, to talk about a science fiction ship I might want to ride upon. My m...

THIS POST WAS UPDATED IN LATE 2022.  I'm leaving it here for archival purposes, but for current instructions please check the new versio...

Hard to believe it's barely over a week until Sasquan, the 2015 World Science Fiction Convention. I still remember heading over from B...

Chuck Wendig just did a Terrible Minds post telling authors not to "pre-reject" their work, i.e., to finish their novel, say it...

This fall season marks both my 50th birthday and the 20th anniversary of establishing JABberwocky Literary Agency.  To celebrate, I screene...

Dear KDP Author, Just ahead of World War II, there was a radical invention that shook the foundations of book publishing. It was the paperba...

So, yes, the big publishers really do treat their authors shittily sometimes. This example can be considered an extension of my post in M...

Haven't done a blog post in way too long… On the subject of Hachette vs. Amazon of which too much has been written, let me make a few ...

Watching the premiere of 24: Live Another Day earlier in the week gets me to thinking where it is that I have heard the name of William Deva...