I'm no Margaret Atwood. (That is clear.) But I've bought two houses in California, beat the 98% gender tax of raising venture capital, and am putting two kids through eye-wateringly expensive private schools as a writer by doing what I learned from Margaret.
When streaming broke the rights of musicians, the music industry ultimately just had to get over it and accept new models of being paid. I am so proud to be part of an industry that has mostly said: F- that. We will see you in court.
I suppose this should not be a shock for a publication that recently killed its book section, despite both print book sales and indie bookstores surging. But WaPo seems to have– again– fundamentally misunderstand the value of books, authors, and writing.
And then she said the thing about the goddesses. And my world stopped. "These women have all built their careers using the traits of the five main Hindu goddesses...."
Last week, our store(s) hosted our third annual Palm Springs Readers’ Festival. It was an absolute smash. More attendees than ever, 20% more book sales, and it was profitable for the first time ever. These events are a far cry from the glitzy million dollar conferences TechCrunch and Pando
I write a lot in this space about the BS that other people will tell you about the book business. I’ve also written a lot about PLATFORM, which everyone will tell you that you need in order to sell a book. That is not BS. You do need a
Just a note to celebrate the fact that my third client to put their proposal out into the market has just sold their book at auction in a wonderful deal with the absolute best possible editor thanks to an incredible agent. We were really lucky to get multiple major publishers
I have not written a post in a while. But your extra inbox space has been my clients' gain. When I said in January I was co-writing five books this year, people looked at me like I was lying or insane. But that claim is not what the headline
“You should write about how you do proposals, because it’s really different from all the other ways I was led to believe proposals are done.” That’s what one of my clients– my first client to sell a six figure book at auction– said to me last week. And
The other day I was on LinkedIn. I am about to be in San Francisco uninterrupted for the summer, and it’s my big season of reconnecting with friends and business development. I have an unexpected opening for a few months in late summer, and I'm hunting for
You have not heard from me for a while! My apologies. I had an absurd April. I traveled with one teen or another from April 6 until. . . well, I am writing this from a Dance Convention in Anaheim so NOW. So almost a month. Keeping up with work (not to
