Eds and Pubs

"Closing Doors"

Totally swamped this week. Life, book stuff, it’s all there, Folks. I read on Pubrants that Harlequin’s NEXT line and Everlasting are closing their doors. I felt bad for the writers just reading the announcement. Having the line close that you are writing for is sort of like getting f

"We’ll See…"

Today I was going to babel about the book signing this weekend, but there are pressing matters, such as the notification that my publisher is altering their boilerplate contract in a way that is not in an author’s best interest. The Author Guild’s announcement flew through

"YA Cyber Buzz"

This is Kelly Parra reporting on the recent Cyber Buzz… Straight from the Galleycat: Teens Buying Books More Than Ever Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s Celia Goodnow checks in on one of the happier publishing trends, where teens are buying books in numbers not seen in decades.

"News Scoops"

Just a quick note to spread the news that Nadia Cornier, previously of Creative Media Agency, has decided to open her own agency, Firebrand Literary. Ms. Cornier states, “Firebrand will represent approximately 70/fiction, 30/nf (popculture and narrative). In fiction, I’m g