Publishing Links - Author's and Publisher's Blogs and Websites

Nathan Bransford's Blog

Nathan Bransford works for the publishing industry and has his finger on the pulse of publishing in America. His "This week in publishing" section is particularly interesting and useful if you want to know what's the latest news in the publishing world. His 'The Essentials' section (found in the sidebar) is invaluable for aspiring authors.

Ian Irvine's Website

This site is by one of Australia's best-selling fantasy authors. His site contains some incredible articles about writing novels and getting published. In particular look at his "The Truth About Publishing" article for a nasty wake-up-call about what the industry is really like. If this doesn't deter you, read his "'Guide to Success!'" article - it contains tips for beginning authors.

John Green's Blog

John Green is one of my personal favourite authors. While he rarely talks about the writing process he is currently on a book tour for his latest novel, Paper Towns. He is recording and promoting the tour from the blog.

Maureen Johnson's Blog

Maureen Johnson is a YA (Young Adult) author. Maureen only occasionally writes about the process of writing here, but she often tells day-to-day stories about deadlines and what it's like to try and meet them. Some exceptions to this rule are her post about what aspiring authors should study at university and her various question-and-answer posts. This blog is incredibly entertaining and well-written.


Libba Bray's Blog

Libba Bray only updates this blog occasionally (I suspect she spends most of her time raising her kids and writing books) but when she does it can be very entertaining and insightful. A notable and useful recent post is her "Writing a novel, a love story" article.

Justine Larbalestier's Blog

Justine is another Australian Young Adult author. Her blog is very interesting because she is familiar with both the Australian and American publishing industries. Interesting recent posts include information about how publishers organise book tours, honesty about the motivation for finishing a book and an interesting aside about sharpies and why they suck.


Insideadog

The site for The Centre for Youth Literature, State Library Victoria. It contains a blog helmed by a different author every month.

Nanowrimo

Not technically an author's or publisher's blog or website but I just had to include this. Nonowrimo is short for National Novel Writing Month. During the month of November every year thousands of people attempt to write a 50,000 word novel from scratch. The site contains tools to network with other people participating in your area and as a way to show off your word count. It's an excellent motivator for bashing out an idea.

HarperCollins Australia

HarperCollins Australia's author section contains interviews and essays by HarperCollins authors. This site can be a little difficult to navigate though.


Bookslut

A monthly e-zine about books. It has excellent reviews and a blog about the latest in the publishing world, but also interviews and topical features.


Penguin Books Australia

The latest from Penguin but also has some advice and guidelines for authors looking to get published. This includes a PDF of guidelines for writers and other helpful information.

Penguin Books UK Blog

A very casually written blog mostly promoting Penguin Books, but also giving news about what's the latest in the publishing industry.