Susan Spann  Welcome back to the #PubLaw negotiation mini-series here at Writers in the Storm! The last post took a look at how to create a pre-negotiation plan. To re-cap: Now, let’s look at tips for increasing your chances of success in the actual negotiation: 1. Like flies, publishers prefer honey to vinegar. No matter […]

Susan Spann I talk a lot about contracts, here and in other #PubLaw posts. Most authors know that a contract is needed, and many even know what terms to request. However, we don’t talk nearly enough about how to request those terms. Negotiation isn’t a topic most of us learn in school, and many authors […]

I am not an old soul. I am a klutz and a fairly slow learner. I bumble through life, making almost every mistake possible before finding the right way.  People (most notably, my long-suffering parents) tried to explain things to me. But that’s apparently not how I learn. And I don’t think I’m alone. This […]

by Angela Ackerman A friend of mine, the talented YA author Martina Boone, debuted last year with Compulsion, a southern gothic mystery romance novel showcasing a protagonist with the most unique and amazing talent: she is a finder of lost things. For her, this inherited talent (sometimes a curse, sometimes a boon), acts a compulsion--when […]

Kathryn Craft Turning Whine Into Gold To embrace paradox we must hold two seemingly conflicting concepts as equally true. Wisdom literature is rife with paradox, suggesting that we receive through giving, gain through losing, and live through dying. “Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it,” said Mahatma […]