Agent Courtney

The Dixie Chicks, the Nashville machine, and the perils of speaking your mind. Lots of similarities between the music industry and the pub...

We recently made a (two!) book deal for a terrific steampunk romance novel by Christine D'Abo ; she'll be published this fall by ...

A delightful piece about ghostwriting Sweet Valley High books. I tended to prefer The Baby-Sitters Club, but this is fantastic nevertheless....

Your entries in the "childhood fears" contest last week were so great, I resorted to random.org to pick a winner. Congratulations...

I am on an infographic tear this week, it seems. I really liked this one at Galleycat: How to Write a Scene. Did they miss any steps?

A lot of good advice here.  Are creativity and productivity the same for you? It sometimes feels that way to me. On that note, I'm g...

"The Great Escape," by Joshuah Bearman, from Wired Magazine in 2007. The story that became this year's Best Picture winner, A...