There’s this idea in publishing that you have to be lucky to become successful, and I think that’s true. There are so many factors beyond the control of the author. There are really good books that never find their readership. There are mediocre books that definitely do (and no, I’m not going to name them....

You get a lot of advice as an author. One of the most ubiquitous pieces is to not read reviews. It’s spoken so much that it’s almost accepted as gospel. Even when breaking it, authors will begin with ‘I know I shouldn’t read reviews…but…’ So here’s the thing. I read reviews. I probably don’t read...

This weekend I finished my first pass pages for PLANETSIDE. If you’re not publishing savvy, what that means is that I got a formatted copy of my book and went through it one last time to make any last changes. It was a pretty short turn, and as I was doing it I had some...