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The Best of Pub Crawl 2012

Do Kids Really Fear Thick Books?

Interview with Don Taylor, Bookbinder

This Advice Will Save Your Book: Back Up Your Work Twice!

Tackling Revisions

High Fidelity: the Romance of the Big Idea

Finding a Critique Partner: insights and an opportunity to start your search NOW!

What WE learned from NaNoWriMo 2012

December Releases!

Last Call: <em>A Certain October</em> by Angela Johnson

When The Finish Line Is So Close…But Still So Far (An End-Of-NaNoWriMo Pep Talk)

Wield Your Words Carefully

Researching Your Story – A Four-Step Strategy

Happy American Thanksgiving + Giveaway!

The Fine Art of Story Resonance

3 Ways To Improve Your Critique Using Conflict Communication

The Best of: Literary Someecards

My Very First Novel

After the editorial letter: The editor's perspective

The State of the YA Market

Your Character has a Secret

Advice to new writers

Urban Fantasy vs Magical Realism

The Great Big Post of Querying

November Releases!

Tips from a NaNoWriMo Old Timer

Celebrating Halloween with Scary Story Recommendations

Beginning at the End

All About Auctions

Last Call: <em>If I Lie</em> by Corrine Jackson

The Role of an Acquisitions Editor-- Reader Question

A Day in the Life of a Children's Book Editor

How to Become an Agent, Part 1: The Way In

Book Events from an Author's Perspective

On International Tours

Death of an Industry?

<em>Crewel</em> by Gennifer Albin

Children's Choice Book Awards- When Kids Pick Their Favourites

Guest Post: Why Agent/Editor Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee, Ice Cream, Cupcake and Drink Dates Are Important

What do YOU want to read about on Pub(lishing) Crawl?

Guest Post: Trust Your Instincts

October Releases!

Gatekeeper vs Censorship

Beginnings: Action and Change

Self-Discipline for the Distracted Writer

"Strong Female" Fallacies

Interview with Robison Wells, author of <em>VARIANT</em> and <em>FEEDBACK</em>

Writing A Book: Your Foolproof Guide

Show versus Tell: Macro-, Micro-, and When to Use It

Visiting Kat Zhang

Upcoming Book to Movie Adaptations

Interview with Dan Krokos, author of <em>False Memory</em>

Guest Post: A Foreign Concept--Foreign Rights

WHAT'S LEFT OF ME releases TODAY!

Those Who Inspire Us to Read

How We Use Music

Guest Post: Working With Two Editors

Critical vs. Popular

You deserve a vacation

Charting Your Story's Rising Action

Books That Made You Bawl

What's your vision?

How to Become A Literary Agent in 2 Easy Steps

Back to school! Favorite and least favorite assigned books!

September Releases!

Good boys need love too.

Dead Languages

Funny Books for Teenage Boys

It's Not You, It's Me

Why I Hate The Term "Literary Fiction"

Pets of Pub Crawl

Interview with Sylvia Gunnery: Author of <em>Emily For Real</em>

How to Determine Your Author Fee

The words you cut are the most important

What kind of convention/conference is right for you?

My Love Letter to Fantasy

<em>Gustav Gloom and the People Taker</em>: Meet the creative minds behind it

Parched Cover Reveal and Giveaway!

Dream Writing Spaces

Correcting Problems with Pacing

Sketchy Maps

Go ahead, tell people about your book.

Guest Post: Writerly Benefits of Working on the Frontline

<em>Throne of Glass</em> is FINALLY here

August Releases

Details in Setting: 3 Steps to Write Somewhere You've Never Been

The Bad Girls Club: Female Villains

It's Not Just the Writing

Goal, Motivation, and Conflict

Perseverance – Writing Lessons from the Olympics

All in One Gulp: Books that Kept Us Reading!

Too Edgy for Teens? Not Likely.

On Writing Diversity

Something Strange & Deadly Releases TODAY!

<em>Froi of the Exiles</em> by Melina Marchetta

Assassin and the Empire. Read it.

Working with the design team

Guest Post: Beginners Guide To Hiring A Freelance Editor

Facing the Blank Page

Enhance your Writing with Symbolism

Superstitious Reads for Friday the 13th

Guest Post: Creativity Compost (plus giveaway!)

Pub(lishing) Crawl at Comic-Con!

The (Dreaded?) Love Triangle

Staying Inspired

Writing Series: The Cliffhanger Dilemma

Guest Post: The Realities of Publishing (And What Rejection Has Taught Me)

Spoiler Alert! Licensed Movie and TV tie-in publishing

Interview with C.J. Redwine, author of <em>Defiance</em>

July Releases

Read Critically

IF YOU FIND ME Cover Reveal, interview and giveaway!

To Pin Or Not To Pin... (A Love Story About Pinterest)

Writing Futuristic Fiction in (what feels like) a Science Fiction World

But Wait- There's More!: Must-Read Series.

How to write a scary scene

3 Steps For Taking Your Writing To The Next Level

Self-promotion: an author's perspective and guide

TAKEN Cover Reveal!

<em>The Knife of Never Letting Go</em> by Patrick Ness

Guest Post: So You Think You Want My Job? (Library Assistant)

How I Edit

Under the Radar: Authors Who don't always get the "BUZZ"

Showing details

Add Depth to your Story with Motifs!

Date, Marry, or Kill?

The DOJ Settlement and Why We Should Care

WWMCD: Creating Depth and Motivation in Your Characters

<em>Shadow and Bone</em> by Leigh Bardugo

June Releases!

Introducing a new member: Jordan Hamessley!

Tone Down the Nobility

U.S. or U.K.: Why Book Covers are Not the Same

The Not-So-Secret Backdoor to Publishing

The Importance of "Letting It Go"

Pub(lishing) Crawl at BEA!

Interview with Amy Garvey, author of <em>Cold Kiss</em>

The Truth and Nothing but the Truth on Promotion and Publicity for Debut Authors

Finding Time to Write: Making Hard Choices

Filter Words

A Tale of Two (or Twenty) Titles

Revealing Character through Details

Writing critiques

Bringing Your Baby to Editorial Board

Guest Post: Celebrate the Mass Market Paperback Series

Pub Brawl: Strong Heroines?

Coverlust: Recent Discoveries

Assigning Age Categories to Books

Listen Up! My Secret Solution To Stealing Creative Time...

May Releases!

It's Sales Conference Time!

Thoughts on Villains

So You Finished Your First Draft -- Now What?

The Hero's Journey

Book Recommendation: STORM by Brigid Kemmerer

What We're Reading Now

NARB or Just Read!

Interview with Jennifer Bosworth, author of <em>Struck</em>

Creative Writing Classes -- Beneficial or a Waste of Time?

Backwards World-Building

Genre Jumping and Author Branding

Interview with E.C. Myers, author of <em>Fair Coin</em>, plus giveaway!

The Trickle Down Effect: Predicting the Next Big Trend

How To Write A 1-Page Synopsis

Conditioning Forces – Or, your character doesn’t live in a vacuum!

Special Friday the 13th Question: Superstitions

Coverlust: Middle Grade Special

Genre Mashing

<em>Skylark</em> by Meagan Spooner: First Pages Reveal and ARC Giveaway!

The Pub Crawl Gals Celebrate Titanic

Question of the Month: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin?

Editor Week for a Non-NYC Lit Agent

Introducing a New Member: S. Jae-Jones!

Which Point of View is Right for You?

April Releases!

<em>The Assassin and the Desert</em> by Sarah J. Maas Releases Today!

Secondary Characters

Life as a Publishing Sales Rep

Bologna Book Fair for Beginners

The Mysterious Getting of Ideas

<em>Free Thaddeus</em> by John Gosselink

What We're Reading

Cover Lust: Classic Covers and Sentimental Favorites

Leaving Pub Crawl

After The First Book Doesn't Sign or Sell

One Step Back, Two Steps Forward

<em>The Way We Fall</em> by Megan Crewe

Question of the Month: Favorite Scenes to Write?

Interview with Lissa Price, author of <em>Starters</em>

Interview with Sara Wilson Etienne, author of <i>Harbinger</i>

The Point When Everything Changes

The Lies of Locke Lamora

Week in Review

Interview with Lena Coakley, author of <em>Witchlanders</em>

Reissues & Reboots

Exposition Blindness

March Releases!

What We're Reading Now

Coverlust: Shadow & Bone, The Snow Child, & Bitterblue

The Changing Role of the Literary Agent

Introducing a New, SURPRISE Member: Amie Kaufman!

<em>The Thorn and the Blossom</em> by Theodora Goss

It's my ARC, and I'll give it away if I want to...

Interview with Kiera Cass, author of <em>The Selection</em>

What About Book 3?

Finding Inspiration Outside of Your Usual Genre

<em>The Night Circus</em> by Erin Morgenstern

WHAT'S LEFT OF ME Cover Reveal!

Coverlust: Bittersweet

Book Juggling

Happy Valentine's Day From Pub Crawl!

Blogging: An Existential Crisis

<em>The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms</em> by N.K. Jemisin

Interview with A.C. Gaughen, author of <em>Scarlet</em>

Interview with Beth Revis, author of <em>A Million Suns</em>

<em>In Too Deep</em> Releases Today!

After the Editorial Letter: a peek at revising under contract

Creating the Perfect Foil

February Releases

D.E.A.R Time Just Wouldn't Be the Same

Interview with Erica O'Rourke, author of <em>Tangled</em>

On Inadequacy

Tuesday January 31, 2012

Marketing a cannabis business

Best Books of 2011

Interview with Brodi Ashton, author of <em>Everneath</em>

Scoring that Summer Internship

Getting a Scene from Brain to Paper

<em>A Monster Calls</em> by Patrick Ness

<em>The Assassin and the Pirate Lord</em> by Sarah J. Maas

Interview with Veronica Rossi, author of <em>Under the Never Sky</em>

Introducing Mandy, Savannah, Biljana, and Sammy!

Introducing Kat, Julie, and Vahini!

Introducing Sarah, Susan, and Vanessa!

Introducing Marie Lu!

Introducing Joanna Volpe!

Introducing Leigh Bardugo!

Introducing Rachel Seigel!

Introducing Erin Bowman!

Welcome to Pub Crawl--and introducing Jodi Meadows!