How to Glow in the Dark

The next time you're paralyzed by perfectionism, self-doubt, or shame, remember: the meaning of life (and good writing) isn't certainty; it's evolution.

A few tips for limping along through deep focus/creative work if you too find that life in 2022 has made a chiffonade of your brains

A definitive guide to author photos, which are simultaneously the most important and least important thing in your publishing career

For the writer who asked me yesterday whether there's any point in writing about their abuse anymore in light of what happened in that celebrity defamation trial

Welcome to the P&L: a deep dive into the document editors must create in order to offer on your book, determine your advance, and convince their colleagues that you're a good bet

The manifold blessings of having at least one publishing nemesis

Q and A edition: please know that any grump you detect in my replies to your perfectly valid and excellent questions has been triggered not by you but by [gestures out the window].

"Is it bad if ________?": on "good" vs. "bad" advances, sales, editorial responses, and other publishing career developments inviting interpretation

The transformative question not enough authors ask themselves: "What *didn't* happen to me?"

Rise to fall. Rise again. Rise anyway.

The most important thing to keep in mind as you navigate the publishing industry is that you're going to die and are in fact sweeping closer to the moment of your death with every passing nanosecond

"Am I struggling with this book project because books are hard to write, or am I struggling because it's the wrong book for me?"