The thesis of my Cynical Guide is: When selling a book to a publisher you need to convince them that it has a chance at being a bestseller

I am beyond excited that the Cynical Writer's Guide To The Publishing Industry is coming out soon (May 6th). It's really odd, I've never felt the need to really get out there and shill a release of mine before, and I think that's because I never really felt like my novels were, you know, unmissable. Like, they were good books. Great books, even. But mos…