Maris Kreizman

2 weeks ago | lithub.com | Maris Kreizman

Last week the literary agent and soon-to-be author Alia Hanna Habib asked me how I’ve used my experience in the literary world to be a “good author” (my book comes out in July). Yes, this is a brag, because as someone who’s worked in and around the publishing industry for a couple of decades, it’s important to me that others think I’m a “good author.” I think Alia was referring to someone who is easy to work with, not too high maintenance, is respectful, etc.

3 weeks ago | themarisreview.com | Maris Kreizman

— 4 min read What the world absolutely doesn't need right now: a MrBeast/James Patterson collabWhat I read this week Trauma Plot by Jamie Hood"Why should I make my rape book artful? Why be cowed by this obligation.

4 weeks ago | lithub.com | Maris Kreizman |s Guild

On Thursday, March 20, all of the writers I know were in a bit of a frenzy. That morning Alex Reisner at the Atlantic had published a piece about Llama 3, Meta’s AI model, and the astonishing number of pirated books on which it had been trained. Meta’s leadership, against the advice of their lawyers, had used LibGen, a pirate file-sharing site supposedly intended to make academic papers more accessible worldwide.

1 month ago | lithub.com | Maris Kreizman

To some of his constituents, it may seem as though Chuck Schumer, the Minority Leader of the US Senate, has spent a bunch of time pontificating on Bluesky lately and not enough time taking decisive action against increasing fascism in America. But this coming Tuesday he will publish a new book called Antisemitism in America: A Warning, so he’ll surely have to get off Bluesky to do some book promotion.

1 month ago | lithub.com | Maris Kreizman

I guess we’re doing this again. Over the past few weeks I’ve seen a few posts (I’m not linking to the posts in order to protect the innocent and underpaid) about how dismal publishing salaries are, and when salary discourse in a specific industry won’t go away, it’s usually for a very good reason. Let’s do some math. Article continues after advertisementIn the year 2001, I was offered $30,000 a year for a job as an editorial assistant at an imprint of Simon & Schuster.