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Palisade Productions LLC. is an agency company for authors, artists, and entertainers.

01/16/2025

Some headlines to observe from TIME Magazine's most anticipated books of 2025.

Happy 2025 everyone. We are officially a quarter-way through the 21st century. Frankly, I am just grateful humanity has made it this far… But jokes aside, I’m glad it’s a new year…

11/28/2024

The pop star is "shaking off" the traditional routes for her own.

Do I really want to talk about Taylor Swift? Yes, because this time, she’s subverted the publishing world, and we may have to talk about it. I have some parse opinions about her music and her…

11/20/2024

HarperCollins has made a deal with an unnamed AI tech company to authorize their backlist titles for AI training - given the author's permission.

This deal is the first of its kind when it comes to AI licensing, and other publishers may follow suit.

What will this mean for authors? We'll discuss that 👇

HarperCollins recently inked a deal with artificial intelligence (AI) technology companies to allow backlisted books (or, published works that have been out for more than one year) to be used for A…

11/07/2024

How the results of the recent US election may impact the conversation surrounding banned books 📚🏦

I try to avoid talking politics on here. I’m not the least bit qualified considering my age and current occupation. However, the recent US election this November 5th has sent shockwaves throu…

09/27/2024

Find out you can get free copies of books from publishers!

Today’s topic actually crosses over with a topic that I’ve been in frequent discussions with many of my clients lately, and that is: promotion strategy. Promotion is obviously a big dea…

09/17/2024

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee is an epic family saga, a bestseller, and a modern classic.

Earlier this year I read Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, a family saga thriller focusing on an immigrant Korean family and their struggle for survival and finding their place in mid-to-late 20th Century J…

09/12/2024

Don reviews a Hemingway classic - Islands in the Stream 🦈

Anyone who knows me will tell you I’ve always been an admirer of the literary giant, Ernest Hemingway, and his lasting impact on the art of literature. Last month, I got to read through his p…

08/27/2024

The first sencha chat is out now:

Sencha Chat #1 Hosts: Donovan, Leif Topics: Olympics, LTOU season two, Disney cancellations, RDJ as Doom, more.

08/23/2024

Breaking down the exposition of one of the top action thriller shows on television: Jack Ryan.

Jack Ryan is a political thriller book series (sometimes known as the Ryanverse) written by the late Tom Clancy centered around the titular hero and protagonist, Jack Ryan. Having been adapted into…

08/17/2024

A deep dive into 2023's successful, yet controversial historical dramas.

Christopher Nolan and Ridley Scott, two of the best filmmakers in the business, made noise in the box office in 2023 with the releases of Oppenheimer and Napoleon, respectively. However, both of th…

07/02/2024

Struggling to find inspiration for your book? Here's some ways to get started 📖🖋

Something that stumps a lot of writers I see – including myself sometimes – is coming up with a decent novel premise to begin with. I’ve a solid number of clients who tell me they…

03/14/2024

Anyone else still recovering from their Dune: Part Two IMAX experience?

One of my favorite literary devices is the foil character. I can’t put my finger on exactly why, but my hunch is that most foils work towards a more satisfying resolution for our protagonist&…

01/03/2024

The mouse is free! 🐭

Steamboat Willie (1928). Steamboat Willie’s copyright just expired. If you’re not familiar, Steamboat Willie was the world’s first introduction to the most iconic animated charact…

01/02/2024

The first "Sencha Chat" substack is now published! 🫖

Oolong is one of the few teas where oxidation occurs before the leaves are twisted and curled. The leaves wither before the leaves are fully cultivated and aged. Teas can be separated into a lot of different categories - color, taste, terrain, origin, you name it. I like to distinguish my teas betwe...

12/28/2023

It's all about perspective 🔍

Point of View is a critical literary technique when tackling a fiction novel. It is the usage of narrative voice in a way that clearly defines how much knowledge both the narrator and the reader ha…

11/10/2023

The strike is over! Find out all the details revealing the historic double strike that sidelined most of Hollywood for 150 days.

118 long days for screenwriters, actors, filmmakers, and film crews all over the US. That’s how long the Hollywood actor strike lasted. At midnight on November 9th, 2023, a tentative agreemen…

07/02/2023

We need more readers, not necessarily more writers.

Here's 10 reading exercises along with a masterlist of challenges in our latest blog:

My best free advice as a writer to another writer is to read. Read as much as you can. Read the contemporaries, read the classics, read from a local author, read from a bestseller, read from a debu…

06/22/2023

New blog is out!
Is purple prose good for your novel?

In my time of being a writer, a student, and eventually a publishing professional, I’ve come across writers who make sure they describe every single individual cobblestone on a pathway if a c…

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