by Publishing Assistant | Feb 21, 2026 | On Writing, Patreon, Publishing Business
et’s talk about writing in series and standalones. Now, we’ve talked repeatedly about how writing in series makes it much easier to market your work. While I don’t have any definitive numbers (not sure anyone does); but my experience has been that... by Publishing Assistant | Dec 31, 2025 | On Writing, Patreon
One of the coolest portions of this, was having it suggested to put the contract through ChatGPT. I (immediately) scoffed at the idea, that it would get it wrong. To prove me wrong, said person put it through their ChatGPT account and an analysis came out. This one:... by Publishing Assistant | Nov 26, 2025 | On Writing, Patreon, Publishing Business
Earlier this year, I took a number of deals that gave a large upsum advance (specifically the ATL books and some others I can’t name), rather than doing the work and releasing the works under Starlit Publishing. I’ve done that for a few series now... by Publishing Assistant | May 16, 2025 | On Writing, Patreon, Publishing Business
This was previously posted to bsky – you can read the post here and comments. Why do books take so long to arrive?I just finished the ATL sequel (Celestial Cataclysms) series’ first book, and it’s 249k words. I started it on Aug 2, 2024. That’s... by Publishing Assistant | May 1, 2025 | On Writing, Patreon, Publishing Business
Hello everyone, Firstly, you all need to know that I am dictating this rather than typing it because my hands are killing me right now. I was doing a little warm up practice at judo and did the finger extensions which, uh, in theory is a great exercise. Unfortunately,... by Publishing Assistant | Feb 12, 2025 | Patreon
You’ve got a new book out, it’s not selling. Or isn’t selling well at all. You’re wondering why, and you just don’t know how to figure it out. Well, that’s what this entire article is going to be about. Think of this more as a...
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