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Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals a secret story he has kept hidden for decades, and it involves a partnership with James Patterson

By Terrina Jairaj Oct 7th
How Do You Make a Serial Killer Likable? Horror Writer CJ Leede Weighs In.

By Julia Glassman Aug 11th
Authors Stand To Lose So Much From a Potential TikTok Ban

By Rachel Ulatowski May 2nd
A.I.’s Latest Scam Is Publishing Fake Biographies of Deceased People

By Rachel Ulatowski Feb 19th
Cait Corrain Admits to Review-Bombing Fellow Authors Using Fake Goodreads Accounts

By Julia Glassman Dec 12th
Scandal Rocks Publishing as Debut Author Is Linked To Fake Goodreads Accounts That Review Bombed Peers

By Alyssa Shotwell Dec 11th
U.K. Authors’ Union Speaks Out Against Spotify’s New Audio Book Features

By Cammy Pedroja Oct 17th
Authors Guild Issues Open Letter To AI Leaders Asking Them To Stop Stealing Writers’ Work

By Rachel Ulatowski Oct 3rd
Authors Are Furious After Finding Their Works on Huge List of Books Used To Train AI

By Rachel Ulatowski Sep 28th
How One of the Biggest Literary Agencies in Publishing Lost Almost All Credibility Overnight

By Kimberly Terasaki May 16th
Publishing’s Unlivable Wages Delayed a Highly Anticipated Sequel From a Bestselling Author

By Rachel Ulatowski Mar 17th
Literary Agent’s Racist ‘Advice’ Sums Up So Many of the Problems in Publishing

By Alyssa Shotwell Jan 26th
HarperCollins Authors Are Turning Down Awards in a Show of Worker Solidarity

By Alyssa Shotwell Nov 29th
Penguin, Simon & Schuster Merger Block Prevents One Company From Controlling Two Thirds of Publishing

By Alyssa Shotwell Nov 1st
Barnes & Noble Strategy Shift Already Proving Disastrous For Marginalized Authors

By Alyssa Shotwell Aug 22nd
Writing Disability: When The Question of “What’s Wrong With Me?” Doesn’t Have an Answer

By Anna Meriano Aug 17th
How I Manage Both Science & Writing Fantasy

By Elisa Bonnin Aug 12th
99.5% of HarperCollins Union Vote in Favor to Initiate a Strike For Equitable Pay

By Alyssa Shotwell Jul 6th
9 SFF Authors You Need to Follow on AuthorTok & BookTok (a.k.a. TikTok for Readers)

By Alyssa Shotwell Apr 8th
Pitch Wars Ending Was Inevitable, But The Effects it Had on The Online Writing Community Were Game Changing

By Alyssa Shotwell Feb 17th