Has anyone else noticed traditional publishers adopting indie author tactics? Seeing more hybrid deals and author-friendly contracts emerge. It seems like the lines are blurring! What are your thoughts on this shift in the publishing landscape? #publishing #selfpublishing #indieauthor #tradpub

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You become the kind of person who does the things you repeatedly do.

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Question for lit agents and publishers: if I have 2 publish-ready Middle grade sci-fi novels and a novel-length standalone collection of short stories, should I be pursuing representation for all three at the same time?

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Don't trust a cowboy with clean boots and don't trust an author with no rejection letters.

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Her path to success was ‘mostly horrible,’ says author Jordan Stephanie Gray — but now her debut novel is earning rave reviews.

https://parade.com/news/targets-ya-book-of-the-year-was-rejected-a-thousand-times-before-publishing

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BRIEF (ha ha) thoughts on #publishing #tradpub #selfpub #indiepub:

I gave up on traditional publishing a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away (read: in my early 30s 😆). Tradpub's  gatekeeping used to be merely frustrating and demoralizing -- these days, I find it outright offensive and bad for human beings. All part of the #capitalism machine. This section of gears happens to grind #creative people into bloody mush.

Long story short & once upon a time, I was with an indie publisher...

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I've expanded the British Fantasy Society's beloved Ask an Agent column to include experts from all sorts of fields. And...

APRIL'S EXPERT IS ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY!

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