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LATEST ARTICLES ( 119 )

• Join Us For a Writing Intensive Workshop on Developing Your Narrative Voice in...

  

  "Voice is Everything" - Nicholas Delbanco Acclaimed editor, writing coach, teacher, and book doctor Susan Sutliff Brown and literary agent Andy Ross are... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Join Me For a Writing Intensive Workshop in Santa Cruz, California

  

  Award-winning novelist, poet, travel writer, editor, and teacher, Linda Watanabe McFerrin and literary agent, Andy Ross are conducting a 7-day writing workshop... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Peter Ginna on the Work of the Book Editor

  

  Today we are going to interview book editor Peter Ginna and discuss the role of the editor in the book publication process. Peter is editor and contributor to... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Joni B. Cole’s Advice to Writers

  

  Today we are going to interview Joni B. Cole, author of Good Naked: Reflections on How to Write More, Write Better, and Be Happier. It's a wonderful new book,... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Gina Cascone and Bree Sheppard on Author Book Promotion

  

  Andy: Today we are talking with Gina Cascone, Bree Sheppard, and Roger Williams about their experiences as authors promoting the newly released children's... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Susan Silver, Legendary TV Comedy Writer, Talks About Comedy

  

  Susan Silver was one of the original writers for some of the most iconic TV sitcoms.: The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Bob Newhart Show, and among others. In fact in... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Join Me For a Writing Intensive Workshop in Scotland

  

  Award winning novelist, poet, travel writer, editor, and teacher Linda Watanabe McFerrin and literary agent, Andy Ross are conducting a 6-day workshop on how... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Advice to Beginning Writers by the Incomparable (and Hysterically Funny) Tawni...

  Often, in interviews, I'm asked to give my best piece of advice for beginning writers. I always say something vaguely inspiring and possibly smarmy about... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Milton Viorst on Zionism

  

  We are privileged to have with us today, renowned journalist, Milton Viorst. His new book: Zionism: The Birth and Transformation of an Ideal has been published... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mary Mackey Talks About The Village of Bones

  

  Today we are going to talk with Mary Mackey whose new historical novel, The Village of Bones: Sabalah's Tale was released this month. Mary is a bestselling... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Join Me for a Fiction Writing Workshop in Provence

  

  Writing coach and Joyce scholar Susan Sutliff Brown and I are conducting a seven day fiction writing intensive workshop in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence this... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Twitter Tips for Authors

  

  Ok. I admit it. I just don't get Twitter. My promotion savvy brother, Ken Ross, advised me when I was becoming an agent, that I should market myself on social... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Book Acquisition Editor Talks About Rejection

  

  Writers spend a lot of time and energy fretting about and suffering over rejection. That's understandable. As an agent, I get rejection letters every day for... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Authors Guild V. Google: Questions And Answers

  Today The Authors Guild announced that it has petitioned The Supreme Court to review its ongoing lawsuit against Google Books for illegally copying and... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Authors Guild on the Option Clause

  Excellent statement from The Author's Guild analyzing the odious "option clause" in the book contract. Most book contracts are "asymmetrical" in favor of the... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Until Now, i Was the Riffraff: What It Means to Win the Ila

  Below is an essay my client, Tawni Waters, wrote on receiving the International Literacy Association Award for the best debut YA novel. I always thought that... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Authors Guild on E-book Royalties

  On June 17, we posted a statement by The Authors Guild about their new Fair Contract Initiative, in which they would be clarifying the issues in the typical boo... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Author’s Guild on the Book Contract

  Most of us who have ever negotiated a book contract will tell you that these agreements are unfair to authors. Contracts are classic asymmetrical agreements... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The PEN – Charlie Hebdo Award Controversy

  I'm so angry I could spit! This year the PEN America Center, a writers' organization whose mission is to defend the free expression of ideas in literature... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mary Norris, The Comma Queen

  

  Several years ago we interviewed Mary Norris, copy editor at The New Yorker. It was our most popular blog post ever with over 50,000 views. I think the succes... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE