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By Bev Vincent, on January 17th, 2012

I’m on a deadline and couldn’t think of anything to write about this month, so I dredged up an oldie but a goody from 2005 that is still as pertinent to me today as it was back then. I updated a few of the details but the sentiment is the same.

When people who’ve known me [...]

January 17th, 2012 | Category: advice, agents, authors, best-sellers, books, On Publishing, Publishing, Writers, Writing | One comment

Check Your Assumptions At The Door

By janetberliner, on May 26th, 2010

Yesterday, my friend and agent Bob Fleck posted a little essay on his LiveJournal which I liked a lot and asked him if I could repost it here today. Enjoy –Janet

You’ve probably heard about the The PW piece about Joe Konrath’s Amazon deal, and Joe’s understated and subtle response (If not, look here). Notably, in [...]

May 26th, 2010 | Category: agents, Publishing, Writers | Comments are closed

THOMAS SULLIVAN: CONFESSIONS FROM THE BULLY PULPIT OR HOW TO GET NAKED IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE AND NOT BE NOTICED

By Thomas Sullivan, on September 16th, 2007

Several of my colleagues have written on the specifics of teaching, and I thought I’d address the soul-searching panic that can befall anyone who suddenly finds themselves called upon to give a speech, teach, or advise. Doesn’t matter whether it’s a single person asking you for advice or a trumped-up forum in which the [...]

September 16th, 2007 | Category: agents, best-sellers, books, Publishing, reading, soul-mate, speaking, Thomas Sullivan, Writers, Writing | Comments are closed

Thomas Sullivan: YOUNG STUDS AND OLD TRUTHS

By Thomas Sullivan, on February 16th, 2007

Rites of passage almost always take away innocence, but it’s what you replace the innocence with that reckons the true cost…or net gain. This is the third, and I think final, column I’m posting about the urban settings that shaped me as a writer. It started when Dave Niall Wilson blogged this response to [...]

February 16th, 2007 | Tags: , | Category: agents | Comments are closed

Thomas Sullivan: KHAKI MAN & THE PEANUT BUTTER PLAYERS

By Thomas Sullivan, on December 16th, 2006

Guess this qualifies as one of my Cannibal Essays, because I’m going to tell you about three living people who were collected, dissected, digested and eventually resurrected in fiction. I’m also trying to respond to David Niall Wilson, who posted the following comment on a column of mine [http://storytellersunplugged.com/thomassullivan/2006/10/16/thomas-sullivan-agent-bingo-the-cannibal-snowman/]:

“You can’t write about life [...]

December 16th, 2006 | Tags: , | Category: agents | Comments are closed