Beyond Craft is a Substack dedicated to helping writers (both established and emerging) to better understand their endeavor. It is a realistic look at the challenges of writing and publishing, and the changing practices of the publishing industry.
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On a Writer’s Origins
I don’t often think about my Italian heritage, but a recent article got me wondering how it affects my writing, and how origins influence the work of others.
When I say “origins” I’m including cultural, ancestral, racial, gender, religious...
AI… Here to Help Us or Here to Replace Us?
There has been so much in the news lately about artificial intelligence that I feel compelled to try to make some sense of it.
Let’s start with Anthropic’s Dario Amodei calling for a slowdown in the development of the technology. Even Elon...
Time is of the Essence
Last week I trashed Theo of Golden. Rather harshly. Some people might think I’m one of those writers who gets off by finding fault with other people’s writing.
But I also apply my literary standards to myself. It just takes a while.
A cou...
Theo Ain’t Golden
My book club has put me to the ultimate test. They’ve assigned Theo of Golden. Allen Levi’s self-published novel has become a New York Times bestseller. The rights were purchased by Simon & Schuster in 2025. Now Warner Brothers is planning...
Paying for Agents to Review Your Query
The writing business is taking one more step in a worrying direction
Recently the popular agent search site QueryTracker began offering literary agents reviews of query letters, synopses, and manuscript samples, for varying fees, on their...
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Beyond Craft is an in-depth exploration of the writing world that covers everything from the business practices of agents and publishers, to ethical issues, the writing life, and more. It also features occasional articles on the craft of writing.
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