Jane Friedman

Structural Mastery: Why the Classics Endure

Studying the structural choices in classic literature is one of the best ways to...

No Twists for Twists’ Sake: Earn Your Ending

When writing mystery or thriller, you earn your ending by properly laying the gr...

Links of Interest: March 19, 2025

The latest in traditional publishing, marketing & publicity, culture & politics,...

A new digital media outlet that focuses on libraries: W...

The newsletter and podcast will “center the role of libraries in the 21st-centur...

New agency: Eric Smith launches agency

Eric Smith, formerly of P.S. Literary Agency, has established Neighborhood Liter...

Readers respond: search traffic from ChatGPT

One editor chimes in about how having a robust online presence encourages ChatGP...

Highlights from London Book Fair

There’s continued optimism and enthusiasm around TikTok, and rapid growth in AI ...

Book sales update: March 19, 2025

BookTok, Bibles, and bibliotherapy drove a 1 percent increase in book sales last...

Spotify seeks short audio content from authors

They’re looking for adult romance, mystery/thriller, and sci-fi/fantasy stories ...

Meta really doesn’t like this memoir by a former employee

The recently published memoir by Sarah Wynn-Williams, Careless People, is a tell...

It’s getting hard to sell fiction on proposal for estab...

Established authors have reported concerning changes in traditional publishing: ...

The Silent Bestseller: How Some Self-Published Books Th...

Your book doesn’t have to be an overnight sensation. It just has to find its aud...

Author website builders: Tertulia versus BookBub (and m...

Both Tertulia and BookBub now offer author website building services. How do the...

If You Don’t Define and Present Yourself Online, Others...

We are storytellers, are we not? Let’s use that skill to our advantage when buil...

Exophonic Writing: Crafting Fiction in a Foreign Language

Writing in a non-native tongue—exophony—means letting go of certain habits and n...

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