Locus Magazine is the trade magazine for the science fiction & fantasy field. Each year, they conduct an in-depth reader survey that provides a glimpse of the evolving SF/F market. To their credit, the good people at Locus provide dozens of detailed tables tracking not only the respondents’ answers, but the results of previous years. […]
Articles on Agents and Publishing
Welcome! Here you'll find articles on the traditional route of publishing: querying and landing a literary agent, revising, editing, going on submission, and getting published. These also cover the state of the publishing industry and my guesses about its future.
SFFpit Trends and Statistics: July 2019
Yesterday Michael Mammay and I hosted what I believe is the 11th #SFFpit Twitter pitching event for sci-fi/fantasy authors. This was our first event in July since shifting it forward a month over the winter (mostly to avoid the December holiday). The goal of shifting this event forward was to increase participation by literary agents, […]
6 Must-read Books for Genre Fiction Writers
If you want to write a lot, you have to read a lot. That’s a little nugget of wisdom from Stephen King, and still holds true for the modern author. To be successful requires constantly working to learn and improve. As readers of this blog know, I’m a huge proponent of learning under the guidance […]
PSIF Book Release, Reviews, and News
A few years ago, I began inviting hosting scientists, engineers, doctors, and other experts to my blog to discuss their subject of expertise as it applies to science fiction and fantasy. I had no idea that the blog series would go on to collect over 150 articles, or that we’d develop it into a book […]
Publishing Fallout, Author Earnings, and Self Care
I’m privileged to have many writing friends — authors with whom I chat, connect, and commiserate. Some are trad-pub authors who came up around the same time as I did. Some are agented authors on submission, or querying authors hoping to land an agent. A growing number are self/indie-published authors who’ve taken matters into their […]
