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A little ramble about showing up, while wondering just who publishers are showing up for. open.substack.com/pub/ericsmit...

How We Show Up, or There Are 15,000 Postcards in My OfficeWho does the industry actually want to show up for?open.substack.com

Another day another scammer. Writer friends, you’ll never hear from me via an AOL email (I’m not emailing you from the past) or an email a la “ericsmithagent at gmail dot com.” Just the neighborhood one. Check those emails when you get some surprise outreach.

“Still punk as f*ck,” I whisper to myself as I put on my compression gloves.

My annual “here’s a ton of free publishing advice” post. You can access: TWENTY successful query letters. Six book proposals that sold. A guide to research agents. And a guide to writing I.P. All for free, right here. www.ericsmithrocks.com/perfect-pitch

Perfect Pitch — ERIC SMITHwww.ericsmithrocks.com

Drizzling a little while out for a walk with the baby. Her tiny feet stick out of the covered stroller, and she flexes her toes in the rain, giggling like mad. Life is hard these days but sometimes you get moments that are perfect. ❤️

Shared this year's passport for the Philly Bookstore Crawl, and wow did it come out lovely. It's less than a month away, we've got almost sixty bookshops. There are mini-festivals, industry talks, concerts, and more. Angus Andrews designed it. They’re amazing. www.phillybookstorecrawl.com

The almost-one-year-old is digging in the garden with a little shovel, and oh my heart, maybe one day she too can spend $400 to grow five tomatoes, just like papa.

Getting asked the usual “how do I host one of these to promote my books?!” questions about the Philly Bookstore Crawl, so a reminder: If you launch a community event to promote yourself, it’s not a community event. And it probably won’t work the way you want it to. www.phillybookstorecrawl.com

The Philadelphia Bookstore Crawlwww.phillybookstorecrawl.com

Everything @runwithskizzers.bsky.social does is a must read. ❤️

I watched The Sheep Detectives last night, which answers a simple question… what if everyone you showed up for, showed up for you, even when it seems impossible. Anyhow, cried the whole time. 10/10 movie.

*playing the FF7 remake* *sephiroth appears* *close up of sephiroth smirking* “I could fix him.”

Hooray! @alwayscoffee.bsky.social’s poetry collection is out today with @clashbooks.bsky.social, and I do hope you’ll pick it up! And if you’re in Philly, come hangout with us on Thursday at H&H Books!

Hey Philly friends, this is THIS WEEK! Come hangout at an AMA about poetry and traditional publishing.

Some fun, three-book-deal-shaped news from last week. ❤️ Exploring ways to work with indie authors on their subrights has been a lot of fun.

As someone in publishing I really appreciate how all of the true crime shows my wife watches have titles that tell you exactly what they are. Wives with Knives My Killer Neighbor For My Man Almost Got Away With It Murdered My Author Spouse—

It’s wild how many of my group chats are full of friends getting into physical media again. Scooping up old games, keeping an eye out for good DVDS and Blu-rays at thrift stores… So tired of streaming and not owning anything.

“Still punk as f*ck.” I mutter to myself as I move my record collection to make room for an air purifier.

Oh hey, my agency’s next “let’s make publishing less mysterious” event is live, and is centered on memoir! American Grammar! 8/21! An AMA with @annasplat.bsky.social @ashleylopez.bsky.social @farahnazrishi.bsky.social! And as always, it’s free. www.neighborhoodliterary.com/neighborhood...

When a character says the title of a book in the novel, that’s the author looking right at the camera like in The Office.

Every morning when I take my son to summer camp in his red wagon, on the way home there’s this elderly woman who points at the now empty wagon and exclaims “those are my kinda kids!” and then cackles maniacally, and honestly, she’s my life goals for when I retire.