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The Ploughshares Round-Down: How to Make Your Book Popular
As an agent, it’s my job to figure out what’s going to be popular among readers. I’m looking not only for books that editors will like now, but that the rest of the world will like eighteen months from...
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Get Real! Or Maybe Don’t Get Real? A Conversation with Lincoln Michel (Part 2)
Recently, on social media, Gigantic magazine editor Lincoln Michel questioned the label of “realism.” I write “realism,” and I’m branching into other genres, so I introduced myself and asked a few more...
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Episodia 2.6: TV-Based Beach Reads
Ah, summer. That sweltry time of year when some of our favorite television shows go on hiatus and we head outdoors for lots of sun, swimming, and—if you’re like me—lots of literature. I love the...
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Do-Overs: The Bad Guy Has a Moment
Complicated bad guys are nothing new. There’s something delicious about complex entertainment; we’re able to envision ourselves in the shoes of the antihero and exact revenge or serve righteous...
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Round-Up: Simon & Schuster Authors Protesting, Book Deserts, and GoT
From a protest of Milo Yiannopoulos’ book deal to the sixth Game of Thrones book, here’s the latest in literary news: Simon & Schuster children’s book authors and illustrators are protesting the...
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Round-Up: Hillary Clinton, Michiko Kakutani, and Game of Thrones
From Hillary Clinton’s upcoming political memoir about the 2016 campaign to a promise of a new book or two from George RR Martin, here’s the latest in literary news: Simon & Schuster has announced...
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