Woolf ’s control over the production of her own work is a significant factor in her genesis as a writer. The Hogarth Press became an important and influential publishing house in the decades that followed. It was responsible, for example, for the f...
An author needs a lot more than one person to succumb to his literary seductive charms, but, like Saul, he must realize that he doesn't have to--and indeed cannot--capture the hearts of every possible reader out there. No matter who the writer, his i...
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been a cat guy. Every night as I go to sleep, I have this particular fantasy I indulge in. Most men dream about naked women, but not me. I dream about being isolated in a mountainous forest in the middle o...
Oh, look, there are jobs available in Jacksonville! Today there are two jobs for me and 1.2 million other people in this city to choose from. I can either go into the advertising industry by being a sign spinner, which sounds perfect for me because I...
As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers, so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers.
Twitter is the ultimate service for the mobile age - its simplification and constraint of the publishing medium to 140 characters is perfectly complementary to a mobile experience. People still need longer stuff, but they see the headline on Twitter ...
I couldn't have known 'Crank' was going to be published, let alone become a big hit. That book was very personal for me: I had to tell the story for myself.
Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.
A big hello from California!! And, when in doubt, self-publish, thank you smashwords.com!!!
Facebook should start publishing breakup stories. 'So and so and so and so are no longer in a relationship.' With a tombstone next to it.
Love, I wrote the book on it. Unfortunately, nobody would publish it, so I felt compelled to burn my manuscript.
I like to encourage young talented writers to try and help them get published and so forth, but that's all. That's the best I can do.
I would have died, before a literary agent ever committed to my book. This is why I chose to empower myself by self publishing.
I worked probably 25 years by myself, just writing and working, not trying to publish much, not giving readings.
When we first did 'Modernist Cuisine,' I think most people in cookbook publishing would have said, 'This is insane.'
But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own.
Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is not true.
I never liked the idea of giving interviews. One says many things, but when they are published, they become shortened, condensed. The ideas lose their meaning.
At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.
If I was a father, and my son told me he wanted to go out and be a publisher, I'd say, 'Go get a job.'
You have to remember that in addition to running a literary agency, I am also an ebook publisher.
