Oct 31, 2014
November is almost upon us, and a lot of you novelists know what that means. And believe it or not, so do a lot of nonfiction writers. Today, we sat down over a cup of coffee and the internet with Nina Amir, the Inspiration to Creation Coach and the founder of...
Oct 30, 2014
It’s been a whirlwind of a week, and for me the biggest news is that I have made my first sale! While I’ve worked on a number of books as an assistant, this is my first deal as an agent in my own right, which is very exciting. The book in question...
Oct 28, 2014
Congratulations to two of the hardest working YA authors I know, Julie Kagawa and Alex (A.R.) Kahler, on the simultaneous book birthdays of their latest individual series! Julie’s TALON series was sold for 7-figures to Harlequin Teen and then optioned by...
Oct 27, 2014
One of the great things for writers about social media and blogs is the proliferation of pitch contests. You can hop on Twitter at appointed times and scatter your 140 (minus the hashtag) character pitch in front of everyone watching the #pitmad or #adpit hashtag,...
Oct 24, 2014
Today’s post is by Nina Amir, the Inspiration to Creation Coach. The vast majority of authors do not make a living from their books. Most traditionally published books never “earn back” their advances, which mean they don’t sell enough copies to make the authors...
