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The Inciting Incident
Often, in submissions that are otherwise promising, there's a very specific and almost insurmountable flaw: they take forever to get moving. I once told a writer that I thought they were a brilliant prose stylist with a great eye for character, but that I had read all...
Your Social Media Presence
You may have heard the rumors, but if agents are considering offering you representation, they often Google you, paying particular attention to your social media presence. So what are agents looking for? Obviously I can't speak for all agents, but what I want to see...
Libraries as Publishers? Take that Dewey Decimal!
We applaud every time a group of publishing professionals steps outside their comfort zone and tries something new. In this case, a public library system will publish their first ebook and they're casting a wide net for submissions! The as-yet-untitled ebook will...
A Word of Praise for SCBWI
If you're a children's book writer, you should be familiar with SCBWI. The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, or SCBWI, has loads of resources for new, aspiring, and established children's book authors and illustrators. SCBWI is an international...
Why Mysteries Are My Favorite
It's my favorite time of year, a time when the air turns crisp, everything is apple or pumpkin flavored, TV shows and movies have long-anticipated premieres, and many of the best books of the year hit the shelves. It's the time when a pumpkin can mean something...
The Power of Unlawful Heroes and Heroines
Guest blog by Tricia Skinner, Author of Angel Kin -- the Kindle Daily Deal at Amazon.com TODAY for $0.99! Black Widow. Captain Jack Sparrow. V. Nikita. Sarah Connor. Jericho Barrons in Karen Marie Moning's Fever series, or Zoe in Firefly. What they all have in common...
The Rise of New Adult
A recent Publishers Weekly article began: "The category that drew sneers five years ago has become a full-on phenomenon." I signed my first New Adult manuscript in early 2009 mostly as a passion project, but I could also see that undergrads and recent college...
Fall Titles to Watch
Fall is in the air, and I have so many client books pubbing in the next few months that my head is spinning. Today Heather Hiestand is up with the fourth in her Redcakes historical romance series, the novella The Kidnapped Bride for only $1.99. It's got amazing baked...
How do you write scary books for younger readers that won’t traumatize them?
Guest Post by Eldritch Black My client Eldritch Black’s debut novel for middle grade readers, The Book of Kindly Deaths, debuts today. It’s a scary cross between Neil Gaiman and Lemony Snicket for kids: The title of this article came from a question that was posed to...
O, Allison: A Chat about Successes + Short Stories
Who doesn't love when fantastic things happen to talented people? All of us at Fuse Literary were beside ourselves with excitement when we found out that Allison Alsup, writer of a plethora of fiction, co-writer of last year's The French Quarter Drinking Companion,...
