The Entropy Hotel

Freeing writers, one fear at a time

fiction craft, publishing demystification, weird books

Politics, culture, and whatever's rattling around in my head..

Perimenopause, parenting, marriage, writing and failure

Ian Leslie picks out the most important, interesting and beautiful signals from all the noise and delivers them in one elegant package to your in-box.

Fiction writing exercises, craft talk, and reading recommendations. Publishes monthly.

On wriggling through a creative life, from Daily Rituals author Mason Currey

Think of these as signatures, unbound. Thoughts, explanations, and screeds about the publishing industry by Anne Trubek, founder of Belt Publishing. For the bound version, pick up "So You Want To Publish A Book?" Belt Publishing, July 2020.

The world of non-fiction from Sutherland House (and beyond)