Author, bookstore owner, collaborative writer, badass
You know what I love about writing for a living? It is never un-humbling. And I’m good at it. I have written professionally every day for 27 years. But lately, I have had my a** handed to me by an agent I’m working with on my first sentences.
“Platform” is the single most irritating word you will hear when you are trying to get a book deal. What does it mean? And why is it the SINGLE BIGGEST DETERMINER of your future book deal? Read on.
Am I the only bookseller whose favorite section is “business”? Maybe. Am I the only person who can’t sleep on a red-eye if I start a business book, because I have to know how the CEO saved the company? Probably. Am I the only one who wishes publishers did