Matt Martz began his publishing career in 2004 and joined Crooked Lane Books / Quick Brown Fox & Company in 2014 after 8 years on the editorial staff at St. Martin’s Press and Minotaur Books. He publishes crime fiction ranging from traditional mysteries to high concept thrillers. The authors with whom he has worked include…
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The War of Art by Steven Pressfield: A Review
Review by Mark Stevens Resistance is invisible, internal, implacable, impersonal, infallible and insidious. Resistance, as Steven Pressfield points out in The War of Art, never sleeps. “Henry Fonda was still throwing up before each stage performance, even when he was seventy-five,” writes Pressfield. “In other words, fear doesn’t go away. The warrior and the artist…
An Interview with Literary Agent Pooja Menon, Kimberley Cameron and Associates
Pooja Menon joined Kimberley Cameron & Associates as an intern in the fall of 2011, with the aim of immersing herself in the elusive world of publishing. She soon realized that being an agent was what she was most drawn to as the job was varied and challenging and satisfied her craving to work with…
Critical Questions with Sandra Dallas
It’s no great secret that next to advances and royalty checks, book reviews are an author’s best friend. But getting reviews are hard to come by, and no guarantee of success. Just ask Sandra Dallas, current columnist and book critic for fifty years with the Denver Post, and who is also a successful author. “I…
Everything I Learned About Writing I learned From Johnny Cash
By Aaron Ritchey I just finished a biography on Johnny Cash, and love is a burning a thing. Also, the book business has a lot of similarities to the music industry. This is what I learned: 1) Success can be a whole lotta luck — For example, Johnny Cash moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 1955. Summer…