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News, Author Resources, Freebies, and Some Real Talk
Whew. I can't believe it's only been 12 days since launching Fuse Literary with some of the best folks I know in the business. There is so much good stuff happening and lots to talk about: new clients, new deals, new brands we're launching, new e-books and free...
A new Short Fuse coming tomorrow!
Tomorrow is the release date for Jen Karsbaek’s Short Fuse Guide to Working with Book Bloggers! Here are some tips.
Fuse Literary Announces its Second Deal!
Longstanding client, Heather Hiestand, a fantastic author of historical romance, has inked another deal with Kensington Books' Peter Senftleben, for the next two books in her Redcakes series. Wedding Matilda and a yet-to-be-named title, continue the stories of the...
Same great team. Snazzy new name. And a free ebook for you.
I'm so thrilled to be writing this blog today as part of Fuse Literary, our explosive, exciting new name. We are all focused on igniting author careers, and we also love puns and wordplay, because we are book-loving nerds. We're so excited to be Fuse Literary that...
Fuse Literary Announces its First Deal!
Agent Laurie McLean today announced the sale of the first book under the agency's new name: Fuse Literary. *confetti cannon explodes* Laurie sold husband-and-wife clients Tee Morris & Pip Ballantine's THE AUTHOR'S GUIDE TO SOCIAL MEDIA to Cris Freese at Writers...
Foreword Literary Becomes Fuse Literary!
October 10, 2014—San Francisco Bay Area—Foreword Literary, the hybrid literary agency launched in March of 2013, is rebranding as Fuse Literary following an out of court settlement with Fore Word Magazine, Inc. Fuse Literary will continue to operate as normal,...
To Blog or Not to Blog…The Answer Here!
I was recently interviewed by an author I'd met several times at the Central Coast Writers Conference held in San Luis Obispo, California. He was struggling with advice I gave in one of my workshops and needed clarification. Looking out over a sea of faces in a large...
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...
