Last week, a literary agent emailed to ask if we would be interested in a novel she was shopping. She said several other publishers had already made offers and she needed our response within 48 hours. I said no. Not… Read more →

Making predictions is a fool’s errand. I am going to do it anyway, because we are at the start of a new decade and the publishing industry is changing fast enough that even a fool’s guesses might be useful as… Read more →

Every September, I sit down with a spreadsheet of the upcoming year’s literary conferences, book fairs, and industry events, and I try to figure out which ones are worth attending. It is one of the more agonizing annual exercises at… Read more →

A year ago this week, I signed the lease on our office. It is a small space, just under 600 square feet, in a building that also houses a pottery studio and a freelance accountant. The rent is reasonable. The… Read more →