I recently shared how upmarket deals are dominating debut acquisitions right now, and I wanted to dive more into that today.

One of my favorite publishing Substackers interviewed me on being a book coach!

Why I decided it was time to move to a waitlist system.

I’ve been thinking a lot about the story elements I see writers consistently overlook. This one is such a small question to answer, but if you don’t consider it from the very beginning, you can really veer off-track.

If you want your story to matter to readers, then you need to write about something that matters to you.

And how to use it in revision to check if your manuscript is actually a hot mess.

Revisiting: Should You Stop Pitching Your Novel as Women's Fiction?

I often see the same manuscript mistakes repeated again and again by different writers.

I first entered the book publishing industry in 1999, psyched to have landed my first job as an editorial assistant at a small press. I’d just completed a graduate certificate in publishing, and had a brand new BA in literature, and I was sure it was my destiny to work with books. As a kid, books were my first infatuation. When my friends were all playing with Glamour Gals, I was reaching for my worn Little House on the Prairie series. Books were my preferred entertainment,