CHRISTIAN PICCIOLINI: 'WHITE AMERICAN YOUTH: My Descent into America's Most Violent Hate Mov
Pre-order my client Christian Picciolini’s book, “Romantic Violence: Memoirs of an American Skinhead.” (NOW BEING RE-RELEASED DEC 26, 2017 AS WHITE AMERICAN YOUTH: My Descent into America's Most Violent Hate Movement—and How I Got Out.) It comes out April 28, 2015. I worked with this guy—a real live ex neo-Nazi skinhead turned social activist and lover of everybody—for a year on developmental and copy editing, honing the story down to its sharpest edge. An incredible tale (t
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR BOOK TO AGENTS
Well, I hope all who attended the San Francisco Writers Conference (SFWC) 2015 last week, Feb 12-16, enjoyed it and got a lot out of the event. I know I did. As a book editor, I met many writers who I had the unique privilege of speaking with in depth about their various projects. And it looks like I will be working with at least a few of you, though my turnaround is becoming longer as I take on more clients. At the conference—my 4th year in a row at the SFWC—writers were abl
CRAFT OF WRITING
For those of you attending the San Francisco Writers Conference this weekend, Thursday-Sunday (Feb 12-15), I look forward to seeing you there! For those of you not attending, I hope you’ll consider coming in 2016. It’s a great experience. But I don’t want to talk about the conference; my last few posts have droned on and on about the SFWC 2015. The main point I’ve been trying to make is: Attend writers’ conferences. Duh, right? But you’d be surprised how many writers don’t go
LITERARY AGENTS AND QUERY LETTERS
I want to talk about agents and query letters on this post. Most of you who read this blog, likely, don’t have agents. I don’t. I have been working towards one for the past few years at this point and life, relationships, rewriting, and rejections have all gotten in the way. It’s a tough road to finding an agent, no doubt about that. The majority of people who write actually never will find or land an agent, and that’s the cold, hard truth. I have received much feedback, via
