Heroic Villainy: What defines a villain?

What defines a hero? What about a villain? Good and Evil? Are they really two sides of the same coin? Or something less defined, something more liminal? When I was first approached to submit to When the Hero Comes Home, I had a pretty good grasp on what...

The Rise of the Hybrid

I am high as a kite right now. And no, I don’t mean on some kind of illegal substance (I only had ONE Three Musketeers bar, thank you very much). It’s kind of like the writer’s version of a runner’s high.  The end of a long and arduous race.  Last night, I clicked...

Kindle MatchBook: A Step in the Right Direction; We Need a Giant Leap!

Guest blog post by Laurie’s client Michael J. Sullivan, author of the Riyria fantasy series. Note from Laurie: When we formed the agency, it was our fondest hope that successful authors would flock to our new way of managing their careers. Our outside-the-covers...

Call for Submissions

Submission deadline: November 1, 2013 Editor: Tanya Chernov Seeking submissions of poetry on confronting serious illness and loss, and the lessons learned as we find our way through the darkness. 100% of the proceeds will benefit the National Colorectal Cancer...

Super Sekrit Julie Kagawa Project (shhhhhhhh!)

Listen up, people! Julie Kagawa and her publisher, Harlequin Teen, are going to announce a super sekrit project the evening of October 1st at a swanky event in New York at a hotel penthouse soiree. Hey, she’s a New York Times and USA Today bestselling YA author....

The Thinking Man’s Blood and Guts

Guest Post by Client Kristina Meister in celebration of her new book: The One We Feed Someone once said, “Science Fiction is the genre of the improbable, and Fantasy is the genre of the impossible.” I would like to extend that and suggest that Horror is...