Jane Friedman

@JaneFriedman

I report on the publishing industry. No longer active on this platform.

Cincinnati, OH janefriedman.com Joined May 2008

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Jane Friedman @JaneFriedman Mar 3, 2022

“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

Jane Friedman @JaneFriedman Feb 3, 2024

@MacmillanUSA FYI, you may want to do something about this site. macmillanbookwriters.com

Jane Friedman @JaneFriedman Oct 23, 2023

@HazelKenyon Greatly enjoyed your recent piece in PW & have a question. You mention growth in fiction sales seen in 6 of the countries monitored by NielsenIQ is primarily driven by romance and sagas titles appearing with BookTok hashtags. Can you give an example of sagas titles?

Jane Friedman @JaneFriedman Oct 19, 2023

Can anyone advise on how to resolve this?

Cecilia M. Tan WILBB @whyilikebb Oct 19, 2023

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).

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Jane Friedman @JaneFriedman Oct 4, 2023

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-a-gr…

janefriedman.com The Flashback: A Greatly Misunderstood Storytelling Device | Jane Friedman Flashback can be a potent tool for presenting essential backstory, as long as you apply it without interrupting the story’s forward momentum.