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More than 300 authors are blogging today to support the trade paperback release of Patry Francis’s novel THE LIAR’S DIARY.
Ms. Francis is fighting an aggressive form of cancer and can’t promote so authors are coming together to help. You can find out more about this effort here.
Her publisher, Penguin Group USA, is offering […]

So it has come to this. Missy Chase Lapine, the author of The Sneaky Chef, is suing Jessica Seinfeld, the author of Deceptively Delicious , for plagiarism and Jerry Seinfeld for defamation. Am I being naïve to hope that it’s all one big misunderstanding? You can read about the case here.
Do you think it […]

I just noticed a trend in my productivity. Although I’m writing every day, I’m not making the progress I would like on my book. Usually I can whip up several pages (not necessarily clean, but at least they’re pages I can work with) but recently I’ve seen my production slide and I’ve just discovered why. […]

It’s always helpful to start off a new year with good habits. As an author, learning to wait is a habit one must master. I haven’t mastered it yet—too impatient for that—but I’m no longer climbing the walls. Presently, I have a proposal and manuscript making the rounds. (I flatter myself; they’re likely sitting unnoticed […]

Today I’m over at Access Romance talking about rumors in publishing. Stop by if you’d like a chance to win some books.