Agent Advice: Lucy Carson of the Friedrich Agency
Lucy Carson of the Friedrich Agency discusses e-book publishing, when to send a sample to an agent, and more.
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Department: The Practical Writer
Make Them Glad They Came: How to Give an Inspired Reading
Kevin Sampsell, whose novel, This Is Between Us, will be published by Tin House Books in November, asks his eight favorite readers—Steve Almond, Derrick Brown, Michael Heald, Beth Lisick, Scott McClanahan, Alissa Nutting, and Jenny Zhang—to offer advice on how to give inspired readings.
Agent Advice: Matt McGowan of Frances Goldin Literary Agency
Literary agent Matt McGowan, who represents Eula Biss, John D’Agata, Brian Evenson, and many others, answers writers’ most commonly asked questions.
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The Novella E-Revolution: Digital Tools Revive a Neglected Form
Several innovations in digital publishing provide new opportunities for publishers and writers who want to make their novellas available to a wide readership.
First: Bennett Sims’s A Questionable Shape
With the publication of his deeply thoughtful, zombie-centric debut novel by indie press Two Dollar Radio, Bennett Sims is finally getting the living dead out of his system.
Network: How to Use Pinterest to Connect With Readers
Charlene Oldham, a freelance writer and professor of journalism and business communications, offers advice to writers about how to use Pinterest to connect with and inspire readers.
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Campaign for Cash: Crowdfunding Tips for Writers
Gigi Rosenberg provides crowdfunding tips for writers looking to raise money for research trips, workshops, and publication.
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Reality Check: A Simple Self-Publishing Plan
Poet Reagan Upshaw argues for self-publishing as a common sense strategy for connecting with readers.
The DIY Author Tour: How to Sell a Book in America
Memoirist Ron Tanner documents the experience of doing a forty-state, sixty-city book tour in a customized camper van with his basset hound, Cleo.
Making David Sedaris Laugh: Lessons Learned on the Book Tour
Best-selling novelist Chuck Palahniuk writes about the successes and failures of the often exhausting, but always necessary author book tour.
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