Hi friends, My memoir proposal is off to my agent and she’s promised to read quickly so we can map out next steps. I find myself book-less for the first time in many months. There is no short-term payoff to finishing another book so I’m wondering if I might like to do something else instead. […]

Hi friends, Here are some things that I have learned so far from obsessive and paranoid Googling (publishing-related, of course): – The average time lag between submission and a book deal is 4-6 months. It can happen faster (we’ve all heard THOSE stories) and it can happen slower (a year is not uncommon). – The […]

Hi friends, So I’ve been thinking about platform lately. For my next non-fiction project to sell, I’m going to need one. For novels, a platform is a bonus, not a necessity.  For non-fiction, it’s pretty much a non-negotiable. That’s not to say that you can’t sell a book without a platform. Memoirs, especially those that […]

Hi friends, Short one today because the deadline has arrived, I have a memoir chapter to write and send to my agent, and it has to get done today. The thing about memoir is that it’s an incredibly hard sell right now. In the US anyway; in the UK memoir sales are the highest they’ve ever […]