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How to Build a Press Kit

One of the most basic tools in your PR and marketing portfolio is your press kit. A press kit provides basic biographical information and information about your work, in an easily accessible kit for reviewers and journalists. It makes it easy for people to write about you- always a plus- and it saves work for […]

Waiting (A Meditation for Authors)

Query letters are out. Or your book is on submission. Or your editor is sitting on option. Something MIGHT happen, so you stop doing and start waiting. You burn up your creativity with scenarios. They’re reading it right now. They hate it right now. They’re going to make an offer. They’re spilling coffee on the […]

And This is Why The Problem is Not the Books

I wanted to say a little more about boys, books and what’s out there in YA. The position I have, I feel absolutely comfortable having because there are actual YA novels that speak to the male experience, and/or feature male protagonists. Boys have not been entirely shut out; they’re not in a position where they can’t see representations […]

The Problem is Not The Books

The NYT bleats the alarm, omfg, what about all the boys who don’t have books to read?! And I quote Michael Cart from said article: “We need more good works of realistic fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, on- or ­offline, that invite boys to reflect on what kinds of men they want to become.” To which I […]

Dear Debut Authors: Eventually, You’ll Care Less (And That’s a Good Thing!)

Dear Debut Authors, Your debut is almost here, and you’re no doubt freaking out. Will you make foreign sales? Audiobook sales? Will you sell at all? Why isn’t your cover up on Indiebound? Why is the wrong cover up on Amazon? What if nobody wants to interview/guest blog/blog tour you? Why did that person on Goodreads […]