Things that should be in every writer’s contract.

authorlife:

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angelajames:

Here’s one I understand the emotion behind, but just wish authors would sit on their hands to avoid doing. If you get a rejection letter, please don’t send a response that says “oh, that’s okay, I’ve already self-published/contracted/published it somewhere else and it’s doing GREAT!”

First, it’s…

"Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples."

— Judge Stephen Reinhardt, in a federal appellate court’s majority opinion overturning the notorious California anti-gay marriage law. (via motherjones)

(via laurendane-deactivated20120720)

harlequinbooks:


by Jaci Burton

I’m normally a writer of hot, sexy contemporary romance. So it was a huge departure for me to write a gritty, murder-filled romantic suspense like The Heart of A Killer—especially one as heavy on the suspense as this book was. It was also more than a…

How could one resist?

slushpilehell:

I have self published 3 books. But I’ve never really been good at the self-promotion thing, and I’ve been told that my books need a good editor. So, since nobody buys my books, I’m seeking a literary agent.

You little minx. You certainly know how to tempt an agent.

(via shannonstacey)