I AM NOT A LITERARY AGENT

I tried literary agenting twice and didn't like it either time. So, I'll leave that arena to others. What I do is help you get the manuscript in shape. I increase your changes of getting an agent. Happy Monday!

FINISH THE WORK

Finish your proposal (nonfiction) or manuscript (fiction) before worrying about agents, Kindles, e-books, the book tour, etc.

NEW AGENT

Chris Kepner has joined Victoria Sanders & Associates. I don't know Chris Kepner but Victoria Sanders & Associates is a good literary agency.

PREMATURE CONTACT

If you have not finished your novel, do not contact literary agents. Period.

HUNTING IN HARLEM by Mat Johnsonn

If you've never read Hunting In Harlem by Mat Johnson, you're truly missing out. Great Writing. Terrifying. May actually come true.

I READ FOR PLEASURE

Want to know what books I've read (for pleasure, not work) over the past four weeks? Here goes: Nappily Faithful by Trisha R. Thomas, Madoff with the Money by Jerry Oppenheimer, The Making of a Stand-Up by Charlie Murphy ,The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Richard Wright: Daemonic Genius by Margaret Walker, Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton, Hard Boiled by Erin A. Smith and Memoirs of a Super Freak by Rick James

I'M BACK

Hi:

For the last eight months, I've been on Twitter and Facebook. I've also ghost written two books and edited dozens. Sorry that I couldn't make time for blogging.

So, what has been going on? Please write and tell me about your experiences. Ask me questions.

We need to catch up!