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Congratulations Connor and Sara!

Laurie and I are thrilled to announce that our own Sara Sciuto and Connor Goldsmith have been promoted from Associate Agents to full Agents here at Fuse. *fires confetti cannon* Connor has blossomed into one of the industry’s preeminent SF/F agents, and I’m excited to...

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How to Stay Safe on Halloween or Narroweve

The following excerpt came from a weathered old tome I found on the shelf of a tiny bookshop in Edinburgh. Both the bookshop and the street where it resided have long since vanished, and all attempts to find either have proven fruitless. Thankfully, I was so puzzled...

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The Value of Writing Contests

A lot of writers I meet at conferences and online ask my thoughts about the value of writing contests. I must admit. I not only like them, I am also the director of the annual San Francisco Writing Contest, so there's that. I think writers contests teach a lot of...

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Back to the Future of Publishing

Last weekend I had the privilege of being the featured speaker at the 90th anniversary celebration of the Sacramento chapter of the California Writers Club. This is the venerable group founded by Jack London that grew out of the monthly social gathering of writers in...

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Congratulations, Cass Morris!

Today’s post is inspired by our amazing client, Cass Morris, who is celebrating her 3-book deal with DAW today (congrats Cass!) Cass hit the nail on the head with a great piece on her blog about the process that led to her getting published, and every once in a while...

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Guest Post: Why Crowdfunding Doesn’t Always Work for Books

Guest Post by Jennifer’s client Jamey Stegmaier Recently it was announced that PubSlush, a books-only crowdfunding platform, was shutting down. I was rooting for them, but the announcement came as no surprise to me, since the “Publishing” category on Kickstarter...

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New York Comic-Con

Hi Fuse fans! I've been writing bits and pieces of this post all four days at New York Comic Con, always one of the craziest events of my convention year. I didn't have any of my own clients at the con this year, but many of my friends -- authors, agents, publicists,...

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