Prior to the current digital publishing and self-publishing revolutions, the process for an author to get published was tedious, beginning with the very first gatekeeper: finding an agent. The literary agent, whose role may be shifting but by no means is disappearing, was often the first entity to pass judgment on a book's merit, accepting or rejecting the title … [Read more...] about More Publishers Begin to Accept Unagented Submissions
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What’s in a Pen Name?
Authors have used pseudonyms, or pen names, for almost as long as books have been printed, and they've chosen to do so for a variety of reasons. Whether it's a need for privacy, a distancing of one's writer life from a life of doing something else, or even just a need to become a different persona when it's time to write, there are really great reasons to use a pen name. A … [Read more...] about What’s in a Pen Name?