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We rarely focus on freelance opportunities because, well, the entire BS team is lazy. It takes a lot of sleep to keep a media empire running. Of course, we don’t want to hold you back. Hmm. No, no, that’s the truth. We do want you to go forth and succeed. There are many opportunities for […]

We know you’ve spent the last few weeks busily reading Garner (though, in all honesty, it probably only took you one long evening). Now it’s time to go to the LBC and join the discussions. We know, we know, you’ve listened to the podcast already. You’ve read the posts. And today, Kirstin Allio is talking […]

Regular readers know that we have a little bit of a blogging crush on the New York Times’ Ed Wyatt, the king of the publishing beat — we always make fun of the ones we love. So it’s with giddy fingers that we share the latest Wyatt news: he’s moving to Los Angeles! Yes, yes, […]

While we’re not entirely sure that we get fan-fic, much less slash fiction, we’re a live-and-let-live kind of blog. You have an active fantasy life? We support it. You have a thing for going where no character has ever gone before? We’re cool. But, man, we hate confusion. It is perfectly fine for fiction writers […]

Even for regular practitioners, the English language is the stuff of nightmares. You’re talking along and then, boom!, do you use the subjunctive case? Is there another case that might be better? It’s a wonder any conversation, much less written material, is accomplished. Don’t get us wrong: we believe the convoluted nature of our language […]

There is something comforting about writing a novel in secret. Nobody knows how often you trash the entire thing and start over. Nobody sees all your blips and bleeps and complete screw-ups. It’s a very nice feeling, this freedom. A while back, we brought Greg Sandow to your attention — he’s the guy who’s writing […]

Wondering what May Chen of Avon/HarperCollins is seeking in a writer? We knew you were. We’ll give you a little hint: it starts with good, ends with writing. It’s really difficult to be specific about what qualities I’m looking for. It’s a synergy of several general components: the writing is clean, the voice is compelling, […]

We are going to entertain a serious thought or two for a moment. You can come back later if you prefer. In certain circles, the notion of self-publishing is greeted with the same, shall we say, revulsion that the masses once greeted leprosy. You will be shunned, it’s whispered, you will not ever sit at […]

In a move that should strike fear into the hearts of all authors, Penguin in Australia is moving to cut author royalties on second, third, and subsequent editions of their work. Australian authors traditionally receive a 10% royalty on all editions — oddly, Penguin wants to penalize authors for selling lots more copies of books. […]

It is a slow morning here at the headquarters, and we have caught our mind wandering down strange paths. This is the sort of thing that happens when PW uses the word “viral” in a sentence and the subject is not infectious disease. Example: Though it’s too early to tell if the video will go […]