Congratulations! We made it! I know some of you had a tough year (you know who you are) and are not sorry to see the back of 2025. Mine wasn’t quite as bad, but it was a character-building year. I’d prefer to keep moving up. After a chaotic holiday season, the New Year break has... Continue Reading →
Quotes for 2025
One for each week (give or take) from my weekly planner: January “We are all unfinished stories wandering in this vast library searching for the chapter where we finally find home.” May Aygun “If you don’t feel ready for resolutions and new beginnings, you’re right on time. This is the season of hibernating, dreary rest,... Continue Reading →
2025 — The Summer of the Big Book
When it comes to reading summaries, this one is both long and short. Long because I hit my 75 book goal, but short because I slowed my pace over the summer due to the big reads -- War and Peace and Les Miserables. (Les Mis being actually longer than War and Peace.) Together with The... Continue Reading →
Publishing Insights – October/November 2025
Fall is busy in publishing! Manuscripts are due to publishers, books are launching, and agents are circulating proposals for next year’s hits. And this year, I’ve finished some big projects including a book we’ve been working on for three years! Fall is also when authors get book deals. Proposals are circulating and publishers are making... Continue Reading →
Publishing Insights — September 2025
Dear Friends, Fall has arrived! And for those of us in publishing, we know what that means. While publishers take much of August off and head to the Hamptons, we editors are supporting authors with book deadlines in Sept and are hard at work. With many manuscripts due in September, summer is always a flurry of... Continue Reading →
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