Aspiring Author Q and A

I get a lot of e-mail from aspiring authors looking for advice, encouragement, etc.–and I love it! I'm always happy to share details from my own path to publication, and I'm thrilled if my experiences are any help to others. I traded e-mails with an aspiring author recently who said I'd given her "so much hope." I love that!

But I sold the Twilight of Avalon trilogy nearly two years ago, now, and the publishing world has been through a huge amount of upheaval since then. In many ways...