Dissing Other Authors Can Be Dangerous--Or Not

When I was first starting out as a published author, and before my first book was published, a famous writer at an awards banquet offered me unsolicited advice about launching a career.



"Don't attack your peers in public," he said. And he grimly added without explanation, "It'll come back to haunt you." He'd obviously crossed that line and regretted the results.



Lynn Shepherd is probably feeling the same way, even though she's not a newbie. She recently published a blog asking J.K. Rowling to...