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EVERYTHING WE KEEP has been chosen as a Kindle First!
The day is here, and we have an announcement: EVERYTHING WE KEEP by Kerry Lonsdale has been chosen as a Kindle First! This is big, sort of like being chosen as Lake Union Publishing's lead title for this month. Here's how it works: Kindle First allows readers to read...
Cover Reveal: Savage Island by Carol Wolf
“Men of courage, throughout the world, come to Savage Island and prove yourselves!” So implores Dutch-Indonesian businessman Jules Van Allen. For all of human history, men have proved their courage by fighting hand-to-hand. On Savage Island, combatants will be paid...
Should I Submit My Book in the Summer?
Sing it with me now: Puuuuuuuuuuublishing's out! For! Sum-mer! This one's for all of you who may feel scared off of submitting your work once the air conditioning turns on. Though it's important to be aware of certain tendencies and perceived norms in the business...
Going on Submission
#AskFuse! Can you tell me about going in submission (coming up with the list, waiting, & selling) And what is the difference between pre-empt and an auction?
Tricia’s Ten “Nope” Romance Queries
Each week, Team Fuse posts on this blog to inform, enlighten, and entertain our readers. Queries are a popular blog topic for me because I want to help Romance authors land me as an agent. Heck, I want all authors to land the agent of their dreams! So, why does most...
Welcome to Team Fuse, Lindsay Istace!
OK, folks. Breathe in. Breathe out. I want you to repeat after me. "F*CK YEAH!" Announcing the newest member of Team Fuse, Lindsay Istace. Lindsay is the creator of Rage Yoga, which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. Loud music is common, cursing is...
How to Write a High Concept Pitch
When you are pitching your book to agents or editors, it's helpful to have a High Concept pitch. I've seen High Concept defined in different ways, but generally a High Concept Pitch has mass commercial appeal and uses references, whether from film or popular books,...
Benefit for the Families of the Pulse Victims
We know we're not alone in feeling the tragedy of the Pulse shooting in Orlando. As supporters of LGBTQ voices in literature, we need to go beyond posting condolences on social media and put our money where our digital mouths are. We've decided to, for the next...
What Makes Me Say No
Literary agents are constantly reading. Reading our clients' manuscripts, reading Publishers Weekly, reading reviews, reading Twitter, reading other books, and what you care about most, reading queries. I'm always hoping to find something that makes me so excited I...
Bay Area Book Festival, year 2!
Even though San Francisco is second only to Manhattan in publishing might, we didn't have a book festival to call our own until last year. (We have LitQuake, but that's more like a pub crawl than a daytime festival.) This year's second Bay Area Book Festival hit it...
