Archive - Behind the Cover

Stop Begging for Book Deals

What happens when your book deal dream comes true (spoiler: nothing)

Jul 11 •

The Magazine with 15 Million Subscribers That Nobody Actually Reads

AKA how the magazine world died so Costco Connection could live.

Jul 4 •

June 2025

Dear Writer: You Are the Problem

Which is great news. Because that means you can become the solution.

Jun 27 •

The One Thing That Separates The Successful From the Unsuccessful

It's not intelligence, access or money.

Jun 20 •

How Do You Know If Your Book is Successful?

And what should you do if you realize it's not?

Jun 13 •

The Joy of Not Finding Early Success

And the moderately tragic lives of those who do.

Jun 6 •

May 2025

Why I Cancelled Paid Subscriptions

(And how that relates to my jealousy of Glennon Doyle.)

May 30 •

The Jury's In...

Which is the fairest AI program of all?

May 23 •

I Compared AI Programs So You Don't Have to.

With a SERIOUS caveat.

May 16 •

Are You in the Pre-Book Blur?

And no, it's not tacky to talk about book and money.

May 9 •

Maybe You Need to Dig That Old Idea Out of the Trash?

Turns out I did.

May 2 •

April 2025

If Anyone's Going to be an A-hole in Your Book, Let it be You

Even when you're right and they're wrong.

Apr 25 •

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