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Ask a bookseller: What do you wish authors understood about book events?
And how do you gauge if an in-store event was a “success”?
4 contradictions I'm embracing in 2026
On acknowledging both sides of the coin
 • Andrea Bartz
"I learned to always question the things that I think I’m certain about."
Mansi Shah on her bolt-of-lightning idea, doing on-the-ground research in Singapore, and her gripping novel, SAVING FACE
WE WERE NEVER HERE is $3 right now!
+ a no-fail writing tip for this weird week of holiday purgatory
 • Andrea Bartz
Holy sh*t, I've written 31,375 words since Thanksgiving
...and I abandoned the on-contract manuscript I was 40k+ words into????
 • Andrea Bartz
How to Ask an Author for a Favor
A shocking few nail it.
Published on Culture Trip • 
"I didn’t want to sit there and watch my career disappear down the toilet"
Bestselling author Lindsey Kelk on bucking publishing expectations, getting real about all those hours on Canva, and her funny and festive rom-com…
58:21
"My big theory about life is that we're all desperate to connect with each other and just need that nudge."
A detailed discussion about planning bad-ass book events with author Nancy Reddy
 • Andrea Bartz and Nancy Reddy
How to be an amazing book-event moderator
Just some really great tips for making a book launch slap
 • Andrea Bartz
Andrea Bartz: Get It Write
Andrea Bartz: Get It Write
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