Welcome to The Weekend Rant where an off-duty literary agent discusses cultural moments that explore how we build our lives, the tools we use to do it, and the commentary that surrounds it.
I spent 5 years blogging writing advice that won me a spot on the prestigious Writer’s Digest 101 Best Blogs For Writers” multiple years in a row. Substack is bringing back the blogger in me! But the difference is that my advice back that was considered revolutionary because there were no literary agents blogging about how the book business worked! Established literary agents did not want to resort to blogging—they didn’t need to! So the new generation (like me) took the job of educating writers online back in the 2010s. In doing so, we built our own brands.
Fast forward 15+ years later, there’s never been more information at your fingertips. Jokes on all of us because now no one knows what advice to heed because no one knows who to trust. This weekend’s rant is all about how authors need to think ab…
