Category Archives: indie publishing

BOOKS FOR FANTASY AUTHORS XXXII: SHOW YOUR WORK!

Posted on February 14, 2023 by Philip Athans

From time to time I’ll recommend—not review, mind you, but recommend, and yes, there is a difference—books that I think authors should have on their shelves. Some may be new and still in print, some may be difficult to find, … Continue reading →

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I’M ON VACATION THIS WEEK

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Philip Athans

…but I’m writing this blog post anyway because you know I never miss a Tuesday! Let me talk a little bit more about this whole vacation thing and at least tangentially in context of what’s going on in the culture … Continue reading →

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SO JUST WRITE AREADY!

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Philip Athans

This post is directed at myself, but you might accidentally benefit from it as well. It started with rereading this quote from a Paris Review interview with Stephen King: You have a short life span. You need to stop this crap about sitting … Continue reading →

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2023: THE YEAR OF PHIL (FOR REAL THIS TIME)

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Philip Athans

I think I proclaimed 2020 as the Year of Phil on Twitter, then doubled down in 2021… and I think we all know what those years ended up being instead—anything but Years of Phil. But the Year of Phil is too … Continue reading →

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LOOKING BACK ON 2022

Posted on December 27, 2022 by Philip Athans

I’m trying my best to stop blaming things on years. We all piled on poor, plague-ridden 2020, started-with-Capitol-riot 2021, and now economic-fallout 2022 is lined up in front of the firing squad. Does it help anyone if I pile on … Continue reading →

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MAYBE WE SHOULD ALL BE MORE LIKE ROBERT SILVERBERG

Posted on December 20, 2022 by Philip Athans

Last week, inspired by my reading of his collection Gentleman Junkie, I wondered aloud if we should all be more like Harlan Ellison—an author who found, developed, and protected his own voice, his own career, and steadfastly defended that against all odds … Continue reading →

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HOW MUCH IS YOUR NOVEL WORTH?

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Philip Athans

I know. Nobody likes talking about money, especially in the publishing business, which can be impenetrable on a good day, and as recent merger issues have confirmed, dishonest on a bad one. I’ve always found that in the absence of … Continue reading →

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ARE YOU A “LIFER”?

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Philip Athans

I’ve met a number of authors who’ve told me they really just want to try it. They just want to see if they can finish a novel, self-publish it, and just sort of “have it out there.” They’ve even said … Continue reading →

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THANK YOU, READERS

Posted on March 22, 2022 by Philip Athans

A few weeks ago I talked about how, once your novel is published, it “belongs to the ages,” and I’ve written before about my ambivalence toward critics and reviews, and the ways in which readers bring their own experiences and creativity into … Continue reading →

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AND THEN IT BELONGS TO THE AGES

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Philip Athans

First you get an idea. Then you suffer over whether or not it’s a good idea until you come to grips with what I’ve called Schrödinger’s Idea, then you start writing it anyway. Then you revise it, you suffer over it. At … Continue reading →

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