Jane Friedman

1 month ago | janefriedman.com | Phil Simon |Jane Friedman

Today’s post is by author and workplace collaboration expert Phil Simon. If I’ve learned anything about authors and publishing professionals over the past 17 years, it’s that exhibit astonishing loyalty to their favorite tools. For example, Scrivener aficionados swear that they’ll never revert to Microsoft Word. Try getting a professional designer today to swap out Adobe InDesign for QuarkXPress. See how that goes. I understand authors’ loyalty to their tried-and-true tools.

1 month ago | sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com | Kathryn Mockler |Jane Friedman

Now that it’s a little over a year and a half since my debut story collection came out, I want reflect on what went well and what I would do differently in hopes that it will help others especially small press traditionally published authors. I also want to help myself remember for my next book! Publicity can be a touchy subject for authors. Some don’t think it is their job—although their publishing contract would likely disagree.

1 month ago | janefriedman.com | Karmen Spiljak |Jane Friedman

Today’s post is by writer, editor, and book coach Karmen H. Špiljak. Writing fiction in another language might sound straightforward. Technically, you’re using the same tools as in your mother tongue, so changing the language should feel no different from, say, switching from painting with acrylic to painting with oil. At least that was what I expected fifteen years ago, when I started writing in English. What I learned was that it is much less about the tools and more about the painter.

1 month ago | janefriedman.com | Anne Janzer |Jane Friedman

Today’s post is by author and book coach Anne Janzer. When I landed on the idea for my first book (a business book), I couldn’t believe that no one had written it yet. The gap in the market looked glaringly obvious to me. So I rushed to fill it, focusing all my energy on getting the book to market quickly, publishing myself. Once it was published, I started the hard work I had deferred: sharing the ideas, blogging, speaking, defending the framework, and learning from others.

1 month ago | janefriedman.com | Christina Larocco |Jane Friedman

Today’s post is by author, book coach and historian Christina Larocco. Nearly a decade ago, I worked as a consultant on a project to digitize manuscript collections related to the women’s rights movement in the Philadelphia region, where I live. It was a great job: I spent the summer of 2016 going from archive to archive, devouring the writing of activists both well-known, like Lucretia Mott and Alice Paul, and less so, like Martha Schofield.