These period pieces should be taken with a grain of salt. While the clothes and houses may look pretty, unethically using and enslaving people certainly is not.

Aspiring writers received advice in making an agent’s short list and navigating a book deal in a panel at WBUR’s CitySpace Tuesday, moderated by four-time author Courtney Maum. Based off of her newest book titled “Before and After the Book Deal,” Maum discussed how to navigate the world of publishing.