Monstrously good! [video]
A monster video for a monstrously good book! But if you want to make sure you get a delicious, illustrated hardcover, you should pre-order now, because pandemic supply-chain issues.
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SO LUCKY is 2: Some thoughts on publishing
Now that So Lucky has been out for two years, I’m revisiting the publishing process, and industry and reader response—and asking for your opinion.
Read moreThe Aud novels are mine!
I have spent the last four years fighting to get the rights back from Harper, Doubleday, and Penguin and on Friday the last piece feel into place: I now own rights to the whole trilogy.
Read more8/6 #CripLit Twitter Chat: Writing Disability
You are invited to the ninth #CripLit Twitter chat co-hosted by novelist Nicola Griffith and Alice Wong of the Disability Visibility Project®. We want to talk about the experience of writing about and from being disabled. Please join us on 6 August, 4pm Pacific/7pm Eastern
Read more#CripLit: Editor Roundtable, Sunday 1/15, 7 pm Eastern
For our fifth #Criplit chat for disabled writers we’re trying a slightly different format. We’ve invited editors and staff from some of…
Read moreEllen Key Harris-Braun
This morning I found out from a friend that my first US editor, Ellen Key Harris-Braun, has died. She helped me a lot. Without her my career would be quite different. I will miss her.
Read moreSome thoughts on Ableism & the Publishing Industry
The Storify of the second #CripLit Twitter chat, on Ableism and the Publishing Industry is up. Here are my answers to the 10 questions formulated ahead of time.
Read moreSecond #CripLit chat August 29: Ableism & Publishing
For our second #CripLit Twitter chat, Alice Wong and I will be joined by guest host Denarii Monroe to talk about ableism and the publishing industry.
Read moreWhere to sign up to count literary prize data
A number of people have expressed interest in helping to count literary prize data. The data so far show a consistent, persistent,…
Read moreMore data on gender and literary prizes
The long tail: not the author’s friend
Picture by Hay Kranen/ PD. The long tail is that of the demand curve of products versus sales. The best-sellers are all…
Read moreHILD to be published in the UK!
I’m delighted to announce that Hild will be published in the UK by Blackfriars, a brand-new imprint of Little, Brown UK. The…
Read moreHild in the UK?
From: Sue Do you have any idea when Hild will be available in the UK? Online sellers that have it are shipping…
Read moreThe Next Big Thing: Authors Tagging Authors
An excuse to talk about HILD…My research blog Gemæcca began in 2008 with a medievalist blogger’s meme game about favourite historical characters. I desperately wanted…
Read moreProject decisions
An evening of this: Leads to noodling like this: And the begins of a decision. If you know my work worrying well,…
Read moreThe business of writing: a one-day workshop December 2
Publishing is in the throes of huge change and it’s hard to keep up with the choices available for writers–of any level…
Read moreMan Booker Prize 2012 longlist: zero novels by women about women
The 2012 Man Booker Prize longlist has been announced: Nicola Barker, The Yips (Fourth Estate) Ned Beauman, The Teleportation Accident (Sceptre) André…
Read moreHild publishing deal!
I’m delighted to announce that Hild will be published in 2013 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. It will be a big fat…
Read moreBlog tweakage
Before Hild is published, I’ll be doing a tear-down of my website, this blog, and Gemæcca. Meanwhile, I’ve been futzing about with…
Read morePublishers: pay writers more, it’s good for you
Mike Shatzkin has written another thought-provoking post about the publishing industry. (If the business interests you, subscribe to his feed; his perspective…
Read moreThe future of publishing: retail?
Today for your delectation and delight, here’s a selection of publishing news for you. According to Publishers Weekly, ebook sales in June…
Read moreHild update
I’m now just over halfway through the third draft of Hild. I’ve squeezed out a paragraph here, a sentence there–but then wrote…
Read moreHow is publishing change treating you?
Via PW: Amazon just announced that it now sells more Kindle books than paper books: Since April 1, Amazon says it has…
Read moreGo listen: a good primer on current change in publishing
I don’t listen to podcasts much because almost everything I do is writing- or reading-related and listening interferes with that. But yesterday,…
Read moreReaders are customers, not the enemy
From Pat Holt, on Holt Uncensored, comes a blog post which begins with the tale of a rather boorish couple who act…
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