#MS4MI Charity Auction

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FUSE! *confetti cannon* We all consider ourselves very fortunate to be part of Fuse Literary, and one of the ways we celebrate our agencyversary every March is by giving back to those in need. Last year we did the #MS4MS charity auction (with over...

Instagram for Authors!

Instagram is one of the fastest growing social media platforms, boasting over 400 million active users worldwide (77.6 million in the U.S. alone, according to one source), compared to Twitter’s 305 million active users (in 2015). Although writers primarily use...

Author Promotion Using Goodreads

Many of you have probably heard that publishers are doing less and less to promote their books, and so authors are expected to take on an ever-increasing share of the marketing load. This of course varies depending on the size of the publisher, the author, and the...

Singles Awareness Day with Helen Wrath and DRAW WITH A VENGEANCE

It’s February 14th. You know what day it is? Singles Awareness Day. But don’t get S.A.D. Get even. In ink 😉 Helen has a big signing at her local B&N today, and we managed to catch her beforehand for a quick interview. Here’s a snippet: Fuse...

10 (+1) Tips on Pitching at The San Francisco Writers’ Conference

It’s almost Valentine’s Weekend, which means it’s almost time for one of my favorite matchmaking events, the San Francisco Writers’ Conference. I’ve been going to this one every year since before I was an agent (shout out to Linda Lee and her crew of rockstar...