Interviews With Scott

What Every Writer Needs to Know About Editors What Every Writer Needs to Know About Editors

Is your editor a friend, a partner, or an adversary? Why do so many editors not do what they say they’ll do — or do it much later than they promised? How can you get editors’ attention... 

How to Have and Keep a Writing Career How to Have and Keep a Writing Career

“Keep trying to learn, in order to become more and more versatile.”  In Scott Edelstein’s February 2009 guest appearance on AllTalkRadio.net, Career Czar® host Paul R. Bruno and Coach... 

Special Reports & Articles

Publishing Scams and Schemes Publishing Scams and Schemes

Although the publishing industry is generally honest, it has its share of scammers. It also has plenty of folks who don’t do anything illegal, but who prey on writers’ innocence, ignorance, or illusions. A... 

How to Write a Bestseller, Get on Oprah, and Walk on the Moon How to Write a Bestseller, Get on Oprah, and Walk on the Moon

We Americans are obsessive optimists. We think we can achieve anything, if only we learn the right technique, study the right role models, get to know the right people, wear the right clothes, and maintain... 

The Biggest and Most Common Misunderstanding About Book Publishing The Biggest and Most Common Misunderstanding About Book Publishing

If you’re about to send a book or book proposal to publishers, your contacts will be acquisition editors—that is, people who acquire books for their organizations. (In Britain, the term is commissioning... 

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