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    Is writing overwhelming you? Querying driving you mad? Is the lingering summer heat making you want to flip a table?   Well, here's something to cheer you up: If you've written a mystery, thriller, or suspense novel that hasn't yet been published,...

Folks, I'd like to preface this by saying a big welcome to Elizabeth O. Dulemba, the newest member of Fuse Club. Hi, Elizabeth! Elizabeth came to me having already secured an agent, whom she is very happy and successful with. Say, what? What does she need me for,...

A look at Fuse’s upcoming Fall 2015 releases.

Here's a guest post from my multi-award winning author Lisa Kessler. I thought it would make a nice author-centric companion to my blog post last week from an agent's perspective: Writing contests come in all shapes and sizes. Some are for unpublished works, some for...

There are some tried and true principles to follow when you are querying a literary agent. Sometimes it's easier however, to remember what NOT to do. Remember, a literary agent's time is extremely limited and we get inundated with queries on a daily basis. Make sure...

Every writer knows that winning a writing contest gives you something to put in the “About Me” paragraph of your query letters. But there are more benefits than that to these creative competitions. Writing contests offer the following boosts to your writing career:...

Some of you may have attended the Writer’s Digest Conference last weekend and in particular Nina Amir’s talk about creating a bestseller plan. But if you didn’t, it was sort of like this. I do a lot of conferences (shout out to the Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference...

Check out what the Fuse agents have on their MS wish list!

Today marks the launch of Hot Fuse Classic, the new Short Fuse Publishing imprint dedicated to bringing readers the familiar comfort that comes from reading an old paperback from the golden age of romance novels. The first title in the line is DONE DRIFTIN' by Romance...