Writer Unboxed

If you missed part 1 of my interview with Ann Aguirre, author of the sci-fi thriller/romance Grimspace, click HERE then come back. Grimspace is an intense, action-packed novel full of humor, surprises and edgy, three-dimensional characters. Aguirre has a true gift for creating complex worlds that not only work but come to life on the […]

Via Dear Author, The Worst Agent in the World ™, Barbara Bauer, is suing Preditors & Editors and their sister sites for libel. Dave Kuzminski, editor of P&E, posts on Absolute Write:
P&E is being sued by Barbara Bauer and by Victor E. Cretella, III, Esq. in two separate courts.
Ms. Bauer is a literary agent […]

Update: the book contest has come to a close, and CATHY J is the winner! Thanks to all who entered.
Ann Aguirre is today’s guest blogger and the author of Grimspace–a complex sci-fi novel with romantic elements, superlatively drawn characters and an unending bag of plot-twist tricks. Oh, and a book that hit #8 on the […]

This picture pretty much captures how I feel today, which is why I can’t conjure up a thinking post. My cognitive abilities should return to normal after the Odyssey of the Mind competition is over. But I’m a coach. And the meetings are held in my house. And I’m surrounded by props and paint and […]

Continuing our examination of how the world of publishing is awakening to the power of the Intertubes (sorry, couldn’t resist), big daddy publishers have now come to terms with the fact that cyberspace is here to stay. Not only that, they are experimenting with ways to market and sell books online to harness the […]

What can I say about Ann Aguirre’s Grimspace? That I loved it? Because I did. That it’s got nonstop kick-glute action? Because it does. That Aguirre turns conventions upsidedowninsideout, making it impossible to predict what’s coming next? Uh, yeah. That she’s put herself on my must-buy-author list? Absolutely; in indelible ink.
Because I want […]

On Monday I wrote on my blog, Flogging the Quill, about beginning an effort to expose ideas for dealing with gun violence. The ideas are in a novel of mine, We the Enemy. I’ve been trying to market it for years, and had a literary agent who pitched it all over hell and half of […]

Or, How Young Readers Keep You in Line!
I’ve been told many times by publishing professionals that authors who write for children and young adults are generally easier to work with, and more modest, less inclined to have big egos, than their counterparts in the adult literary world. Partly, that might be because, as any children’s or […]

From Publishers Weekly:
Sourcebooks’s first-ever preempt has paid off: I Love You More, a fall 2007 title from the Naperville, Ill., house’s new Jabberwocky imprint, will hit the New York Times bestseller list for Children’s Picture Books on February 24.
Check out more books and business news at the WU Google Notebook HERE.

Reading a Katie Fforde book is like sipping on champagne cocktails–they’re effervescent and bubbly, and above all, fun. Much like Katie herself. A wickedly delightful sense of humor must run in the Fforde family (cousin Jasper, author of the popular Thursday Next books, was interviewed by me in June), because Katie’s novels on the trials […]

Today you’ll have the chance to read another great interview, this time with UK author Katie Fforde!
Why so many interviews this week? you might ask. Sometimes we slot interviews for a week and then–because of great responses that lead to a slew of follow-up questions–they turn into 2- or 3-weekers. This is exactly what’s […]

What’s all the fuss over Gods Behaving Badly? This high-concept story has created a lot of buzz and even spawned a new television series. Check out debut author Marie Phillips‘ fun YouTube production about her novel.

Now it’s our turn.
If you missed part one with the author of this frolicsome novel about the Greek gods, click […]