When an author asks me for a quote, my first question is almost always how many spreads they have in mind. And the most common answer, by a wide margin, is a pause followed by “what exactly is a spread?” It is a fair question. Nobody is born knowing publishing vocabulary, and the answer turns
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Most authors write to me too early. Not too early in their writing, but too early in their thinking. The manuscript is finished, the excitement is real, and the email says something like “I have written a children’s book and I would love to work with you, how do we start?” I always write back.
Almost every author who writes to me asks this question, usually somewhere in the third or fourth sentence. It makes sense. You have finished a manuscript, you are excited about it, and now you need to know whether the next step costs eight hundred dollars or eight thousand. The honest answer is that it depends,
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📌 On the Trail of Creativity: An Inspiring Interview with Şermin Yaşar Click here for Turkish Version On September 21, 2024, I had the opportunity to attend a talk by master writer Şermin Yaşar. Her story made me think deeply about the nature of creativity, childhood memories and the limitless world of productivity. Every word she
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