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How I Got My Literary Agent
BOOKS ARE PORTALS In the fourth grade, I was obsessed with R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps. I remember the pleasure of running my fingers across the raised lettering of the logo, and imagining what creepy tale…
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My First Ever Book Deal!
Things have been quiet on this page forever, but I finally have some exciting news… I began work on my first traditionally published novel several years ago, at which point I put the…
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How To Get A Bookbub Promotion
This article was originally published on September 6, 2013. How do you get a Bookbub promotion? If you’re looking for advice from someone who kept getting rejected by them, you’ve come to the right place.…
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A Post-Apocalyptic Writer in Chernobyl
I’d just gotten back to my Kiev apartment after exploring the nuclear ghost city of Chernobyl and Pripyat all day. I remember undressing and looking at my clothes and shoes in a pile,…
