One of the most ubiquitous pieces of advice in the publishing world is to not give up. It’s everywhere. There are a few versions of it. There’s the ‘I got rejected 3073 times, but the 3074th is the one that got me there! Don’t give up.’ There’s the more generic ‘There is no finish line....

I have a lot of friends who are debut authors, and listening to them panic about the things that debut authors panic about makes me nostalgic. You see, with my fourth book coming out, I panic about completely different things. I thought it might be fun to look at the differences between what I panicked...

I’m not ready to reflect on the end of Pitch Wars and what it means going forward yet, so I thought I’d talk about everything that happened to me surrounding Pitch Wars going backward. I think I’ve told most of these stories at some point, but maybe never all in the same place. 2014. I’d...

Have you ever seen actors promoting a movie and it’s clear that they’re just over it? I’m not talking about big spots, like when they’re on with Kimmel or Fallon. I mean when they’ve obviously had a long day talking to random reporters for magazines you haven’t heard of and everybody is asking them the...

Hi there again. Today we have Jamie Killen with us to talk about a SF book that she loves. Jamie is a writer of horror, fantasy, and science fiction. Her short stories have appeared in numerous publications including Mythic Delirium, SQ Mag, Grievous Angel, and Drabblecast. She has also written several audio dramas, including Spines,...

Somewhere, there’s an IRS agent who is going to be looking at my taxes and wondering what on earth is happening. If you’re reading, IRS person, I promise I’m not cheating. In fact, let this post be a reference for why you don’t need to audit me. The business side of writing is, on its...

I’ve had a lot of people ask how they can best support me as an author, or support authors whose work they like in general. And while I can’t speak for all authors–for example, I have no idea how you support a NYT bestseller, because I’m not one–I have one key thing you can do...

As a veteran who writes about soldiers, I inevitably get questions about whether any of my stories are true. People find different ways to ask: Are your characters based on real people? Did this event really happen? And, my least favorite, are you really Colonel Butler? Sometimes, if I’m being a bit of a dick,...

Wayne Santos is the author of THE CHIMERA CODE, published by Rebellion Publishing. Recently, he reached out to ask if he could do a guest post as part of my new series. He wanted to talk about the book NOPHEK GLOSS, which is one of my favorite new SF books, so I was excited to...

You see the term ‘Mid-List’ author thrown around a lot, but we don’t ever really talk about what it means, so I thought I’d share my thoughts about it from my perspective. After all, I am a midlist author, so I probably have some insight. As with everything publishing, this is just an opinion. Midlist...