Ema Barnes

buy your friend’s book twice, read one and give the other as a gift

buy your friend’s tape twice, keep one and give the other as a gift

buy two pieces of art from your friend, keep one and give the other as a gift

spread someone’s legend rn however you can

New Substack on synopses just dropped... 👇 Nearly everyone hates writing them, but here are some top tips (with an example) to help you along the way. open.substack.com/pub/kesialup...

Grand Central Launches Music Imprint, Da Capo The imprint is a reincarnation of Da Capo Press, the longtime music imprint acquired as part of Hachette Book Group’s 2016 acquisition of the Perseus Book Group. Brant Rumble and Ben Schafer will…

The imprint is a reincarnation of Da Capo Press, the longtime music imprint acquired as part of Hachette Book Group’s 2016 acquisition of the Perseus Book Group. Brant Rumble and Ben Schafer will lead the imprint, which aims to release 12 books a year.

PUBLICITY FIRST, AGENTS SECOND on why thinking about publicity before querying agents is a best practice & some fun with mad libs!

Fantastic article from Pine State Publicity simplifying how to think about pitching your book and defining genre, with lots of fun madlibs!

pinestatepublicity.substack.com/p/publicity-...

Underdeveloped Male Character short fiction, for the holidays

Underdeveloped Male Character - Eliza McLamb's short fiction for the holidays
www.wordsfromeliza.com/p/underdevel...

This is super true, and it’s true in music, too; the industry relies heavily on first week sales to stay afloat in both cases, so it’s great for authors and musicians if you buy stuff in the first week. But the idea that you have to have something to say about it right away or even soon, absurd!

Title: the crime novel cover model's busy week Image: the crime novel cover model wears a hat and trenchcoat. He appears as a silhouette in the following book cover style vignettes: Monday: Rushing down a rain-soaked alley Tuesday: Passing through a misty forest Wednesday: Approaching an empty playground Thursday: Visiting a spooky old house Friday: Moodily pacing the waterfront Saturday: Stalking through sinister towwers Sunday: Lunch with mother, bath, early night.

My cartoon for yesterday’s Guardian Books.

I am proud of myself for making it this far without breaking a tooth of a nose headbanging on a barricade at a show

My love language is people voluntarily suggesting we get to the venue before doors so we can get a good spot and catch up ♥

I never Metaverse I didn't like.

Happy Frankfurt season, if you celebrate!

^--words found in an email I sent this morning...

I think one of the worst quirks of online spaces is the idea that if someone doesn't post about something, they don't care about it. It encourages performative posting often makes things worse.

I care a lot. I just don't want to add another poorly-informed voice. I'm reading & thinking.

"I voted" sticker with an ANZAC biscuit

Kiwis abroad can vote online but the NZ consulate sure makes it fun :)

Hi BlueSky, I'm Ema and I overthink everything I write on public forums! I really love books and I really love music and I was once told I overuse "really." Here's a picture of my friend's cats Benny and Jet sitting politely in boxes.