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If writing and publishing were easy, every writer's face would be smiling out from the back of a book jacket. At Fat Plum, we want to help writers stick to it and find the reward: that sweet prize called "publication."

While there are many sources for the encouragement and affirmation that writers need to get started, what Fat Plum provides is what we ourselves often need as writers: the structure and discipline to get it done.

To that end we aim to offer tools and products, workshops, consulting and a la carte services for writing, editing, publishing and promoting books.

Being a writer is hard work. Fat Plum helps you enjoy the fruits of your labor.

News, Tips, and Inspiration (from the Sticky Notes blog)

Fat Plum's Book Boot Camp is Back! What is Book Boot Camp? It is an intensive six-week workshop designed to take your work in progress from mediocre to marketable! To quote yesterday's Publisher's Lunch, the newsletter of www.PublishersMarketplace.com, it read, "Even in the digital age, the... read

Coffee & Crime Breakfast with Michael Baden, M.D. & Linda Kenney A message from Mary Alice Gorman, owner of Mystery Lovers Bookshop in Oakmont, PA: On Saturday June 27 at 10 AM, we have a Coffee and Crime Breakfast with the Badens and their new novel. Michael Baden, M.D., is one... read

WRITE NOW Writing Camp for Kids WRITE NOW Writing Camp for Kids: Building Writing Confidence in the Classroom & Beyond June 22-26, 2009 Offered by Published Author Judith Burnett Schneider I am hosting my fifth annual WRITE NOW Writing Camp for Kids! The concepts and skills... read

The End of Publishing as We Know It? A great article in New York Magazine that every writer should read: Have We Reached the End of Book Publishing As We Know It?... read

What a Vision of Publishing Twelve publisher Jonathan Karp wrote a wonderful piece in the Washington Post on how publishers are failing authors by going for the quick score instead giving authors time to create books of enduring value. If his theory proves true, eventually... read


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