Posts about publishing

Life, the Universe, and Everything

Between the holidays, a nasty bout of the flu, and being busy with preparing Fall books for design and getting next spring’s books well on[…]

Writer question: E-book rights?

A writer question I received this month, the answer for which I think anyone submitting to Tu will want to know: I would like to[…]

Whitney Award nominations

The Whitney Awards are a fairly new award given out at the LDS Storymakers conference that honors novels written by LDS writers, both in the[…]

Reader question: What’s an imprint?

Ingrid writes to ask: How exactly does an imprint of a publishing company work? Are imprints more specific in subject matter or is there a[…]

Updated multicultural SFF booklist

ETA 5/22/12: I’m keeping this book list up to date on Pinterest nowadays, linking each book to its Goodreads entry. It’s much easier to just[…]

What kind of fantasy is Tu looking for? And what kind of synopsis?

Another writer question, the answer for which I think will help more than just one writer. If any of you have questions about what we’re[…]

Is my character “black enough”

I recently got this question from a writer, who agreed that answering it on the blog would be useful: My hero is a fifteen-year-old African[…]

Can you believe it’s been two months?

Spring is in the air. It’s been raining for the last several days, but it seems to be clearing up. While there hasn’t been much[…]

Interviews, news, and Tu’s new submission guidelines

Link roundup from the coverage that Tu Books has been getting on the web, including interviews of me and coverage in Publisher’s Weekly: ETA: Opening[…]

What’s up with this New York talk?

Have you been wondering where I’ve been on this blog? Have you noticed me talking on Facebook or Twitter about a move and wondered what[…]