Life in the Real World of Publishing

Welcome to Author Biz Sense, where you will be reassured that you are not crazy.

I'd love a clever blog handle like "Ms. Snark," ranting in glorious anonymity, but I've spent my entire career helping authors in a very straightforward, unglamorous way--sort of like calling your CPA, attorney, banker, or neighborhood cop, but more fun. Whether as an agent, publisher, or consultant, I've been engaged in the author business for over 30 years; this is no time to go into hiding, as fun as pseudonyms might be.

On any given day book authors everywhere are grappling with writing issues; agent conundrums; money issues; publisher problems of an amazing variety; money issues; marketing and publicity dilemmas; money issues; and rest-of-their-lives questions. . .and all throughout there is a labyrinth of questions and jams about which they have no one to ask except people who are not in publishing or who are "too close to it." This is how I ended up, years ago, becoming a "911" for authors, and Author Biz Consulting became official a few years ago. I've been on-call ever since.

This blog will explore book author business at all phases and various levels--in no particular order. I hope it will help you think and make decisions about your publishing career with a much clearer head.

Here's to having issues to grapple with--it means you're alive.

Laurie

www.authorbiz.com