I’ve discovered that Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith are blogging about the business side of fiction writing.
Go read what they have to say. Take notes. They’ve worked in and survived this business for over twenty-five years as writers, editors (Kristine earned a Hugo for Best Editor), and former publishers of Pulphouse Publishing (started and run by them in the early 1990s). They know all about contracts, agents, working through slumps and blocks, recognizing scams, and running a successful freelance business.
I was fortunate enough to take a class with them back when SouthWest Writers had an annual conference, and liked their bluntness about the business side of fiction writing. I learned even more from them by going to one of their workshops in Oregon. There’s a lot they can teach you about the business side of publishing, and it’ll save you much grief if you listen to them.
