Jane Friedman
@JaneFriedman
Followers
193K
Following
9K
Media
993
Statuses
24K
I report on the publishing industry. No longer active on this platform.
Cincinnati, OH
Joined May 2008
“Much is made of genius & talent, but the foundation of any life where you get to realize your ambitions is simply being able to out-last everyone through the tough, crappy times—whether thru sheer determination, a strong support network or simply a lack of options.” —Jeff J. Lin
41
147
448
THIS WEEK! #SinC is honored to have THE @JaneFriedman join us for a webinar on #publishing trends! Tuesday, 4:30pmET -- info and registration here: https://t.co/iMowsm0OKT
#WritingCommunity #writerslife #ProTips
5
6
37
Can anyone advise on how to resolve this?
Well, here's a shocking development. I logged in to @amazon today to upload a new @SABR book (sneak peek at the cover below...) and discovered our KDP account has been TERMINATED. The email says it's because we have been running multiple KDP accounts (we haven't).
8
4
18
NEXT WEEK! #SinC is honored to have THE @JaneFriedman join us for a webinar on #publishing trends! Tuesday, October 24, 4:30pmET Info and registration here: https://t.co/x5Fbn4r0nL
#WritingCommunity #writerslife #ProTips
2
9
21
HT @LWShanley The Revamped USA Today Bestseller List Isn’t What It Used to Be | The Hot Sheet via @JaneFriedman
1
12
12
Ever-insightul @JaneFriedman. This part especially resonates: "If it’s not bringing you joy, if it’s not something you actively look forward to (and especially if it’s something that feels anxiety producing or a burden), it’s time to let go of it.” https://t.co/qblSsigTW0
janefriedman.com
Writing advice is everywhere—newsletters, podcasts, workshops—but if you’re left feeling anxious and unproductive, there might be other reasons.
0
7
22
They’re the bogeymen of publishing. Along with prologues, adverbs, and semicolons, flashbacks may be the most vilified—and most misunderstood—of storytelling devices. @FoxPrintEd offers insight:
janefriedman.com
Flashback can be a potent tool for presenting essential backstory, as long as you apply it without interrupting the story’s forward momentum.
2
8
25
Warhol: "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." Amazon: "In the future, everyone will have AI-generated biographies for sale at our site, that are completely untrue and that we avidly market and promote." https://t.co/6qG6Cyuyp8
futurism.com
It seems scammers who use AI to mimic writers are getting smarter after a journalist found a book that bore a strong resemblance to his own.
3
16
44
Recent headlines: “Agents aren’t making money.” “Authors aren’t making money.” “Trade publishing staffers aren’t making money.” Who, exactly, is making money? This seems worthy of further examination. Have a great Tuesday, y’all!
9
13
116
Lovely advice/reminders and true in my experience. Wish I had figured some of this out the first time around. I've found 7/8 to be particularly key.
As of today, my wife and I have been together for 30 years. (We met the first week of college.) Here are the 9 lessons I've learned in that time about, not including the advice my parents gave me: Always be too poor to afford a divorce.
0
5
18
Aside from a query or proposal, here’s a rundown of four other pitch packages you will need before, during, and after your book comes out, roughly in order of importance and utility—by @amylbernstein.
janefriedman.com
When soliciting blurbs or appearances on podcasts, its important to convey—in just a few lines—what you and your writing are about.
2
11
20
My thanks to The Writing Consultancy for sponsoring my free newsletter, Electric Speed, during September. Get a free 20-minute call with @Britta_Murasaki about revising and submitting your novel memoir: https://t.co/Vzv7JaA26G
#ad #sponsored
0
2
4
Is writing your memoir likely to justify your time and energy from a financial perspective? Almost certainly not. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t write it.
janefriedman.com
An experienced author of advanced age considers the value of tackling a memoir with resonant themes but a challenging road to publication.
2
8
23
Keynote addition for #AIGG23! @JaneFriedman (@HotSheetPub) joins the keynote lineup at the AI Governance Global 2023. Hear her speak about the perils AI presents to authors and other creatives and so much more. Register ASAP: https://t.co/utmfHBc5in
0
4
8
Shout out to The Writing Consultancy for sponsoring my free newsletter, Electric Speed, in September. Writers, you can get a free 20-minute call with @Britta_Murasaki about revising your novel or memoir: https://t.co/Vzv7JaA26G
#ad #sponsored
1
1
3
There are many different places in the overall timeline of your novel that your story could begin. So what makes one option superior to another? @manzanitafire offers clear guidance.
3
16
37
Does social media sell books? It does, but rarely in the way that most people think. It's not about the size of your following. @GuerillaMemoir explains.
brevity.wordpress.com
By Allison K Williams Social media is dead. Curated by airbrushed aspirational lives, fattened with frank capitalism, political outrage and carefully careless “authenticity,” led to the killing flo…
1
8
30
Being up front about your quirks and weaknesses makes for powerful true stories. But overdoing the crazy for comic effect, at least in a personal narrative, can quickly read false and feel tiresome. @JoniBCole offers wisdom on humor:
janefriedman.com
This author didn’t think of herself as a humor writer until her readers told her otherwise, so she dug into what makes her work funny.
4
3
10
More changes at #KDP: to combat abuse (read: crappy AI-generated books), daily volume limits on new titles per user are being lowered. This @PublishersWkly article says 3 titles per user, but the #Amazon announcement doesn't give a number #WritingCommunity
publishersweekly.com
In what Amazon says is another effort to guard against possible abuse of AI in the creation of books, KDP users will be allowed to post no more than three books daily on the self-publishing platform.
3
14
29
Last call! Join me and contracts expert Suzanne Lucas Gosson to talk about how to negotiate book publishing contracts if you don't have an agent. Free and recorded: https://t.co/QLdjGZski9
2
3
13
Loved this conversation! And the discussion is only becoming more and more important.
0
3
2