The Future of Books; the Future of Writing

If you’re reading this newsletter, it’s safe to say that you love (or at least like) books. Which means you want writers to keep writing great books, unforgettable books—books that will stay with you for years to come. You might also be here because you’re a writer, which means that you want to keep writing the sort of books that people just want to hug because they love them so much.

Last newsletter I said that I’d just come back from the Historical Novel Society Conference in Las Vegas. At the...