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The subtleties of subtitles, or: how not to blow your wad with new readers
No pressure, but if you're not a household name, subtitles are kinda-sorta super important.
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Anna Sproul-Latimer
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Everything you ever wanted to know about ghostwriting
How do you break into ghostwriting? How much money do ghostwriters make? How fast can I depress aspiring ghostwriters in a single newsletter? Read on…
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Anna Sproul-Latimer
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#TropeCore, or: Everything You Need to Know About the BookTok/Fanfiction Vernacular Shaping the Entire Publishing Industry
Anna is in Nantucket this week, and Eloy is back with another post!
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Eloy Bleifuss Prados

June 2024

Forget the YA novel that’s “The Road" meets "Deliverance:” Publishing Twitter is the true dystopia
A.k.a.: my hot take on that literary agent who tweeted the boneheaded thing on Sunday.
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Anna Sproul-Latimer
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How on earth do I end this book (or book proposal)?
Conclusions and denouements are often the hardest part of a book to write. Here's my advice if you're struggling to end things.
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Anna Sproul-Latimer
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An Unhinged History of American Publishing, Episode 6--HarperCollins, or: Is This Burning an Eternal Flame?
Cognitive dissonance is the American way.
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Anna Sproul-Latimer
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"Why isn't my book in this bookstore?”
A brief explainer on how bookstores stock their shelves — and why they might not sell your book.
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Anna Sproul-Latimer
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May 2024

"Should I hire a book publicist?"
This is one of the most common questions I get from clients...and here comes my big, fat wet blanket of an answer.
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Anna Sproul-Latimer
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Weekend Q & A Open Thread...Free for All!
Paid *and* free subscribers: ask me (and each other) all your questions about publishing, art, or Related Life Struggles. I'll do my best to answer what…
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Anna Sproul-Latimer
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What Literary Agents Read Online
How do we measure the zeitgeist and where do we find our next clients? A guest post from Neon's newest team member, literary agent Eloy Bleifuss Prados.
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Anna Sproul-Latimer
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Eloy Bleifuss Prados
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A useful thing to ask yourself as you revise: "am I Theo Baker-ing here?"
I feel kinda bad roasting an eighteen-year-old; at the same time, his Twitter kerfuffle with Hakeem Jefferson offers an object lesson in the…
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Anna Sproul-Latimer
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April 2024

My thoughts on that "No One Buys Books" piece
::cracks knuckles:: OK, we're doing this.
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Anna Sproul-Latimer
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