Summertime Stuff
I’ve got some new work in the July issue of Stuff. So if you’re feeling the urge for some summer gadgets or goodies, be sure to pick up a copy.
continue readingBEA a Waste of Money for Aspiring Authors
Sometimes weird coincidences just happen. The annual Book Expo America (BEA) convention gets a fair amount of coverage in the mainstream press so many people learn about it for the first time. After the book world’s BEA frenzy recently, several aspiring authors emailed me to ask if they should attend next year. “With so many…
continue readingEverything’s Bigger in Texas, Even the Archives
The New Yorker has a great article about the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, a literary archive that houses a number of priceless literary treasures.
continue readingInterview: Mark McNay, Author
Mark McNay was raised in a mining village in central Scotland. After fifeen years doing odd jobs, McNay entered the University of East Anglia Creative Writing Course in Norwich, England. He graduated from that program with distinction and, in 2007, he received the Arts Foundation Fellowship for New Fiction. McNay’s debut novel Fresh was published by…
continue readingThe Mystery of Advances
Shira Boss writes a very informative essay about book advances at Powells. Aspiring authors always want to know how advances work and what is a realistic number. But Boss points out that it’s hard to ever know.
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