A Career

Guest Blogger: Reed Farrel Coleman By the time this blog post appears, my thirteenth (GUN CHURCH, Audible.com) and fourteenth (HURT MACHINE, Tyrus Books) novels will be on the shelves—actual and virtual. Although I don’t get quite as excited by the release of my latest novel or novels, I do still …

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Stages of a Writing Career

Guest Blogger: Scott Nicholson As a writer, I consider myself early in Act II of my career. In Act I, I had my apprenticeship and my 700 rejection slips, and eventually a six-book mass-market paperback career. I hit a frustrating lull for a few years, in which I couldn’t get …

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Why I Chose a Traditional Publisher

Guest Blogger: Nathan Bransford One of the more common questions I receive in interviews and the like is this one: You have a blog, you were in the business by virtue of being a former literary agent, why didn’t you self-publish? Why didn’t you do it on your own? Couldn’t …

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