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"I lived through a classic publishing story. My editor was fired a month before the book came out. The editor who took it over already had a full plate. It was never advertised. We didn't get reviewed in any major outlets."
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"I'm a professional writer and I consider it part of my job to publicise my work and these days part of that job is done online."
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"I should have my own publishing companies."
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"The biggest threat to authors in this age is not plagiarism or poverty, it's obscurity."
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"The real effect of the WTC calamity has been depressed spirits, anxiety, and uncertainty among publishers, and of course those emotions are not restricted to publishers."
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"The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It's a complete list of agents, not only by name and address, but by type of book they represent and by what their submission criteria are."
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"All of the changes in publishing since 1960 are significant. There are far fewer publishers."
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"The trick was really finding the appropriate publisher for each of the projects I'd devised."
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"You have to remember that in addition to running a literary agency, I am also an ebook publisher."
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"We now open our mail with gloves and mask, though I can't imagine why anyone would target a literary agency!"
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"Publishers like a good buzz, and negative responses sell books just as well as positive ones."
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"Whatever your relationship is to your sacred tradition in the West, you have some relationship to the Bible if only through the names of the characters."
Bible

"My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding."
Wedding

"Biblical names are hot again."
Name

"Shakespeare in Love... such smart writing of an alternative view of history, and such beautiful acting. Like most Americans, I'm a sucker for the accent."
History

"The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart."
Family

"I lived through a classic publishing story. My editor was fired a month before the book came out. The editor who took it over already had a full plate. It was never advertised. We didn't get reviewed in any major outlets."
Publishing

"I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying."
Fiction

"My six handbooks to Jewish life and lifecycle events mostly followed the trajectory of my adult Jewish life."
Life

"Until very recently men and women inhabited very separate spheres. There was always interconnection, passion, love. But men and women didn't hang out at the end of the day and chat about what their day was like at the office."
Men

"November is Jewish book month, so Jewish Community Centers all around the country have book fairs where they invite authors and sell books in advance of the holidays."
Books
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