THE INDIE FILES: Listen Up! Self-Producing Audiobooks
by Kim Fielding Until fairly recently, it was impractical for most self-published authors to produce audiobooks. Now, however, almost anyone […]
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LITERARY AGENTS
Literary Agents Page updated/links checked: 12/14/25 Do you need a literary agent in order to find a publisher? If you’re
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Activist SFF Isn’t Just About Good Intentions
by Vida Cruz Note: This article first appeared in The Bulletin #216 in October 2021. Quick: you hear of an
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Neurodiversity and the Business of Writing, Part 2: ND Difficulties in Publishing
by Matthew Broberg-Moffitt Part 1 of this series focused on the importance of #OwnVoices stories and the representation of neurodiversity
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Author Advances: An Update for Your Expectations
by Alice Speilburg Nearly every summer, I bring on an intern for the agency, and each week we cover a
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Institutions Are the AIs Your Mother Warned You About
by Navarre Bartz If you pick up a book or movie about Artificial Intelligence (AI), there’s a good chance
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SF/F Magazines Wait Out The Great Pause—Part 2: Short- and Long-Term Prospects & the Post-COVID Landscape
by J. Scott Coatsworth This article continues J. Scott Coatsworth’s interviews and compilation of information examining how SF/F magazines are
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The Ultra-Novelist
by Hunter Liguore
When it comes to writing, especially the novel, we can never give up! We’re essentially running our own ‘ultra-marathon.’ Looking at a runner who will traverse 100 miles over 30 hours, we must see the significant amount of training that went into this. Considering the above scenario, this ultra-runner must’ve spent at least half to a full year of deliberate planning/training just for this one race.
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Optimizing Income for Independent SF & F Authors
by J Lloren Quill
How much money does an author make selling a book?
It should be a simple question with a straightforward answer, but it’s not. With technology at our side, we now have the data to answer this simple question in about 1.2 million different ways.