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Think You Can’t Get Sued For Putting Real People In Fiction? Think Again.

You can’t protect yourself as a creator just by changing names — but here are 5 tips from that could help

5 min readNov 18, 2023

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‘I’m In My 20s And Want To Be A Writer. What Should I Be Doing Right Now?’

The brutal truths nobody tells you about launching a writing career when you’re just a few years out of school

6 min readMar 5, 2024

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What Do Publishers Really Pay You For A Book?

Learn from these 63 mind-blowing (or heartbreaking) ‘advances’ paid to bestselling or barely selling authors

13 min readMar 31, 2023

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What Do Publishers Really Pay You For A Book?

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The Tragedy Of Ukraine’s Abandoned Pets

Many victims of the war have four feet — but a heroic dog shows how animals still help to fight tyranny

6 min read2 days ago

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The Secret Language Of Book Editors And Critics

57 publishing buzz words, euphemisms, and catchphrases decoded by industry experts

6 min readApr 11, 2024

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How Brutal Is Amazon To Women?

A female manager paints a grim picture in her new ‘Exit Interview,’ but it’s hard to trust everything she says

6 min readApr 9, 2024

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Fed Up With The ‘Missing White Woman Syndrome’ In True Crime?

Try these great books that avoid the clichés of the genre

5 min readApr 4, 2024

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Easter In ‘Macbeth’ Country

The daughter of a Thane of Cawdor recalls services that might have a sermon about ‘babbling fools’

3 min readMar 31, 2024

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Easter In ‘Macbeth’ Country

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Why Did Critics Ignore The Easter Theme In Emma Donoghue’s ‘Room’?

Too many of them are afraid to deal with religious themes, even when they’re obvious

6 min readMar 29, 2024

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Why Did Critics Ignore The Easter Theme In Emma Donoghue’s ‘Room’?

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What A Bestselling Author Learned From Paying $50,000 To Go Back To School To Study Writing

Her new book ‘Class’ shows why it didn’t turn out as she’d expected while cleaning toilets for $9 and hour

6 min readMar 27, 2024

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Critic, novelist, award-winning journalist. Former book editor of the Plain Dealer and book columnist for Glamour. Words in NYT, WSJ, and other major media.

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