In a taut tale of radicalization, Norway’s Demian Vitanza contributes ‘This Life or the Next’ to a season of top-notch political books. Read More
Political Literature’s Darkest Nightmares
Josh Malerman’s ‘Bird Box’ on Netflix
Michigan-based author Josh Malerman’s debut novel ‘Bird Box’ is a holiday release from Netflix in its Universal Pictures production directed by Denmark’s Susanne Bier and starring Sandra Bullock. Read More
The New Year’s Eve of Time
Wishing you the opportunities you crave and the resources you deserve in 2019. Read More
Facing Up to the Importance of Your Author Photo
Raise your hand if a family member took your ‘professional’ headshot. Every two years, you need a professionally made career headshot. A real one. Read More
Self-Publishing and the 'Curatorial Mark': Jon Fine
The high view of self-publishing, in Jon Fine’s words, is peopled with ‘increasingly sophisticated authors’ supported by ‘increasingly sophisticated consultants’—a movement growing into its own alongside the ‘curatorial mark’ of trade publishing. Read More
Facing Up to the Importance of Your Author Photo
It’s ironic how many fine independent writers are fully onboard with professional-class editing, design, and production, and yet when it comes to their author photos, you’re likely to be looking at a gallery of amateurism. Read More
Matthew Welch: ‘My Music Sounds Like An Optimistic View Of The Future’
“The bagpipes are actually incredibly difficult to play,” says bagpiper-composer Matthew Welch in Music for Writers by Porter Anderson. #MusicForWriters at Thought Catalog Read More
Twitter: The Author's LinkedIn
One of Twitter’s function in publishing—as a directory, a roster in which you need to be discoverable—is being overlooked by too many writers Read More
Kronos Quartet's David Harrington: 'There Is No Such Thing As Easy Music'
‘Fifty for the Future’ is now in its second year, and the Kronos Quartet’s founder David Harrington talks about the project and the quartets goals. Read More
Freewrite Goes to the Writing Market Touting Mercy for Moderns
Powered by a $342,000 Kickstarter campaign, a “distraction-free” bit of writing technology, the Freewrite, looks a lot like your father’s typewriter. Read More