Josie Brown's Blog

• Jane Friedman on 6 Sure-Fire Ways to Make an Editor Love You

  October 20, 2009

  • The always-introspective Jane Friedman of Writer's Digest has come up with a column on "3 Sure-Fire Ways to Insult Someone in Publishing."  After you read what she writes, if you're published, you may wince if (like me) you recognize yourself in some of what she says. But then again, publishing isn't a perfect world, and mistakes do happen. There are too many bad book covers and books ...
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• 5 Reasons Why Borders' Sue Grimshaw Is a Romance Writer's BFF

  October 13, 2009

  • One of the joys of belonging to my local chapter of Romance Writers of America - the San Francisco Chapter (major shout-out here) is because of some of the wonderful programs they pull together for published authors. (Of all ilk, really. Yo: mystery, thriller, commercial lit, and lit writers, seriously: it's worth attending these meetings, for the mojo alone.)Take, for instance, yesterday's ...
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• Tome of the Mommy, #1: It's Official! THE DILF In Bookstores Summer 2010

  June 8, 2009

  • It's being published by Simon & Schuster. I'm thrilled, as you can imagine. Let's start with the fact that I'm enchanted with my editor, Megan McKeever. The excitement she and her team have for this project is an author's dream.And just think: this time next year, it will be on a bookstore shelf near you.What's the story? It is a chronicle of the bitter divorce of a ...
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