Welcome to the waiting room of our book publishing urgent care clinic. Here you will find our brochure rack of common author problems and their treatment.
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These things aren't just unnecessary; they indicate to me that an author is still focused on meeting their own emotional needs and hasn't thought enough…
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Commercial book editors (and readers!) expect authors to play a highly specific role on the page...and authors too often show up to auditions having…
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Forget that stupid "put on your own oxygen mask" cliché. Please allow me to turn over your seat-back safety card and point out the TRULY useful metaphor…
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This is the single most common, gnarly professional conflict that comes up in book publishing. If you're an author stuck in it right now, here's the…
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You must read HOW TO TALK SO KIDS WILL LISTEN AND LISTEN SO KIDS WILL TALK if you want to be a Good Art Friend (and effective publishing communicator).
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A story that is literally about some things I dug up in the woods recently but more figuratively about creative success, criticism, trauma, and becoming…
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Relational energy is real. Our intimate relationships have a material effect on our cognition, and as such, they can make or break a publishing career.
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