by Kate Sullivan
Authors have more options than ever when it comes to publishing a book. We can choose to self-publish, work with a contract publisher or packager, outsource most of the work, DIY everything, or pursue a traditional publishing arrangement. And we can mix and match...
by Kate Sullivan
Our lives are friggin’ busy. Work, relationships, kids, social obligations, volunteer work, school, commuting, meetings—regardless of what configuration of events your life involves, it all adds up to constantly running around, trying to get the next thing on your...
by Kate Sullivan
One of the most crucial elements of great fiction is great dialogue. You can write a novel with no dialogue, but it gets very avant garde very quickly—and if that’s not what you’re going for, then you’re going to need your characters to talk to each other, at least...
by Kate Sullivan
There are a lot of myths surrounding being a writer. The biggest and most dangerous is that we have to suffer for our art. This “misery myth” holds that writers are moody, fragile, flighty, and prone to bouts of depression—and that we need those things in order to be...
by Kate Sullivan
Life isn’t just in the real world anymore. We hang out in virtual chat rooms, our “friends” on various social networks are often people we’ve never seen in person, and we can build entire communities that span the globe with just the click of a mouse. It’s pretty...
