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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

Oct 14, 2024

Still from “The Queen’s Gambit” on Netflix

Oct 14, 2024

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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

Mar 5, 2024

Sucess Ahead road sign

Mar 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

Mar 31, 2023

What Do Publishers Really Pay You For A Book?

Mar 31, 2023

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A Good Hare Day Like No Other

A finalist for a major book award shows how to tell a great story about an animal that’s stolen your heart (and not just at Easter)

1d ago

Author Chloe Dalton and the cover of “Raising Hare”

1d ago

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The Joy Of Silence

How my life changed when I moved to a quieter place

5d ago

Photo zone at the Louisville Zoon

5d ago

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Want To Join My Cool Free Short Story Club On Substack?

Really, how can you resist when it’s so easy?

Apr 4

Cover of the Kindle ebook edition of “The Bishop”

Apr 4

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A Great Jane Austen Quote For The Age Of Trump (And More)

You can read it for free in my latest Letter from a Reader on Substack

Apr 1

Emma Thompson and Hugh Grant in “Sense and Sensibility”

Apr 1

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What Your Cat (Or Your Neighbor’s) Can’t Tell You About Its Needs

A cat psychiatrist reveals what he’s learned from decades of studying feline behavior

Mar 28

Cats looking for answers

Mar 28

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What Nobody Tells You About Political Reporters

A landmark book shows how journalists and politicians manipulate each other — and you — with their stories

Mar 24

Cover of “The Boys on the Bus” with Connie Chung and others

Mar 24

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What Does It Take To Write The Fastest-Selling Novel In 20 Years?

I read Rebecca Yarros’ ‘Onyx Storm’ so you don’t have to

Mar 18

Cover of ‘Onxy Storm’ and author photo of Rebecca Yarros

Mar 18

Janice Harayda

Janice Harayda

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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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