#AuthorLife

Why are we forcing writers to become social media stars just to sell a debut novel? It is time to reclaim the right to be a faceless creator and stop the branding madness. You just finished your first book. You spent years agonizing over every sentence, bleeding onto the page, and navigating the ... Read full article.

Is the pressure to be an influencer killing the craft of writing? See why top authors like Tahereh Mafi are logging off to save their creativity and sanity. For the last few years, TikTok has been the undisputed kingmaker of the publishing world. A single ten-second video of a reader crying over a ... Read full article.

The Bad Art Friend trope is so last year. Discover why radical support is the secret weapon for surviving the isolated world of publishing and why competition is a trap. The literary world has a weird obsession with the Bad Art Friend. We love stories of betrayal, intellectual property theft, and ... Read full article.