Sitemap - 2019 - Ask an Author
On Getting Blurbs: How to Make Bigger-Name Author Contacts
On Cutting Down Publicity Commitments
Worldbuilding, or: Thanksgiving Makes No Sense!
Struggling with Reading While Writing
Continuing to Write After Trauma
Self Care During Hurry-Up-and-Wait
Agents: What Do I, Personally, Look For?
Multiple Manuscripts: Choosing Which to Query
Authors Reviewing Books in Their Genre
NaNoWriMo and Other Processes: Do Agents and Editors Care?
Building a Relationship with Your Editor from Far Away
Cancelling Contracts and Norms in Publishing
Audiobooks as a Self-Publisher?
POC Writer Without Much Knowledge?
Self-Publishing: Five Things to Know
How Long Do Contracts Take to Sign?
Self-Publishing: Where to Start?
Can Genderqueerness Be No Big Deal? Characters and Identity
My Marketing Team -- How Much Should I "Bother" Them?
Writing, Money, and Living Off Large Advances
Gun Basics for Writers: Long Guns, Part 2 of 2: Shotguns
Gun Basics for Writers: Long Guns, Part 1 of 2: Rifles
Non-U.S. Writers and Promotion?
Race and Culture Accessibility and the "Explanatory Comma"
When Writers' Groups Overwhelm
Critique: How to Judge It, and Does it Help?
Reviews, Influencers, Bookstores -- HOW?
Book Launch Parties -- Worth It? Fun? Effective Promotion?
Buying Gifts for Your Editor or Agent
Comp Titles: How Well-Known Should They Be?
What If I Disagree with my Editor?
What's in an Editor Relationship?
Agents Who Misunderstand #OwnVoices
Bonus Content: The Stress of Success by Aidan Doyle
Gun Basics for Writers: Handguns, Part 2 of 2: Semiautomatics
Gun Basics for Writers: Handguns, Part 1 of 2: Revolvers
Bonus Content: Saying No by Aidan Doyle
Accounting for Writers: App Help!
Bonus Content: Asking for Help by Aidan Doyle
Making the Jump to Full-Time Writer?
Bonus Content: The Awesomeness Dossier by Aidan Doyle
Craft plateaus: How to Break Past Them
Conventions: Should I? Which Ones? How?
Emotionally Navigating Writing #OwnVoices Work (Part 2)
Emotionally Navigating Writing #OwnVoices Work (Part 1)
How Do I Get In-Person Author Events?
How to Deal with Perfectionism When Writing to Deadline?
How Do I Find a Writing Community?
If/How to Stop Using Betas Before Sending to My Agent? How Do You Know?
The Writer and U.S. Taxes - Help!
Should an Author Read Their Own Reviews?
Writing All-White Casts When Racial Diversity Is Unrealistic?
Do's and Don'ts of Using Sensitivity Readers
What It's Like to Live Off an Author Advance