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Writer's Conference Success

opendoorpub wrote 8 hours ago:  by Kate Penndorf   Kate is an editing client of Open Door Publications who is working on an excitin … more →

Tags: agents, Open Door clients, writers conferences

Editing IS Marketing: Boning Up on First Impressions

ninaamir wrote 2 weeks ago: Since we are on the topic of editing (see yesterday’s post), I thought we should follow that line of … more →

Tags: book proposals, Editing, Editors, Marketing, Query Letter, Writing Tips, Marketing books, Nonfiction Writing, preparing manuscripts

Five Things to Avoid for a Pristine Query Letter1 comment

ninaamir wrote 2 weeks ago: If you want to sell your nonfiction writing, at some point you’ll have to write a query letter … more →

Tags: Editing, Query Letter, how to pitch, Nonfiction Writing, query, how to write a query letter, quote vs. quotation

What Do Agents Look For? Great Writers, Great Professionals2 comments

ninaamir wrote 3 weeks ago: Nonfiction writers looking for traditional book publishing contracts—wanting to sell their manuscrip … more →

Tags: agents, book proposals, Proposals, Publishers, The Business of Writing, Traditional Publishing, Agent, how to get a literary agent, literary agent

10 Ways to Build Your Author Platform Online2 comments

ninaamir wrote 3 weeks ago: As mentioned in yesterdays WNFiN post, when a publisher or acquisition editor examines a prospective … more →

Tags: agents, platform bulding, book proposals, platforms, Traditional Publishing, The Business of Writing, Platform, Article Directories, Speaking

The Five Biggest Questions Publishers Ask Before They Will Buy Your Manuscript1 comment

ninaamir wrote 3 weeks ago: I know we’ve only just hit day number six, but it’s time to get into the real nitty-gritty of nonfic … more →

Tags: Promotion, platform bulding, book proposals, Literary Representation, Speaking, platforms, Traditional Publishing, Platform, Publishers

Submitting to an agent and/or editor1 comment

daybydaywriter wrote 4 weeks ago: First, good luck to all you NaNoWriMo participants starting your 50K novels today. I’m revisin … more →

Tags: Query Letters, Writing Conferences, Dutton Children's Books editor Lisa Yoskowitz, Foundry Literary + Media agent Lisa Grubka, Submissions

It’s November 1: Let the Business of Nonfiction Writing Begin!

ninaamir wrote 4 weeks ago: Are your hands posed over the keyboard ready to begin? Are you waiting, as if for the gun to go off … more →

Tags: writing, Promotion, agents, Publicity, platform bulding, book proposals, Publishers, platforms, Writing Books

READERS AND WRITERS CORNER

walttriznastories wrote 1 month ago: FINDING AN AGENT This is the first in a series of articles exploring the convoluted process the vast … more →

Tags: READERS AND WRITERS FORUM, publishing your novel, AAR

Rewriting. Not my manuscript, my proposal.6 comments

Alexis Grant wrote 1 month ago: One of my projects while at The Hambidge Center was to rewrite my proposal. I wrote my proposal once … more →

Tags: Book Proposal, Book basics, Travel Memoir

Under the Gay WWII Literary Mystery Section: Part Two

johncopenhaver wrote 1 month ago: As I’ve been revising my novel, Dodging and Burning, I’ve been returning to previous tho … more →

Tags: Getting Published, Marketing You and Your Work, Revising and Writing Process

Peggy Frezon offers advice on choosing a literary agent14 comments

Alexis Grant wrote 2 months ago: One of the perks of joining a writing critique group is meeting and learning from other interesting … more →

Tags: Writer Interviews, literary agent, memoir, Peggy Frezon, Dogs

Do Your Homework!!

David wrote 2 months ago: Time for one of those more helpful real world topics.  Are you thinking about moving?  Where are you … more →

Tags: Good to know, start buying a home, realtor web pages, Finding a Realtor

Revising for Voice—How I'm Doing It

johncopenhaver wrote 2 months ago: "The Voice," Edvard Munch So, as I mentioned in my post over at Squad365, “Revising … more →

Tags: Getting Published, Revising and Writing Process

Over at Squad365: "Revising to Land an Agent"

johncopenhaver wrote 2 months ago: Over at Squad365, I blogged about the process that I’m going through in finding an agent.  A p … more →

Tags: Blogs I Like and Read, Getting Published, Marketing You and Your Work, Revising and Writing Process

Advice re agents...

Terri Fancourt wrote 2 months ago: Here’s an excellent piece of advice I was given about finding an agent, today.  Find the agent … more →

Tags: Good Advice, writing, Author, New Writers, starting out in writing, Author Blogs, marketing a book, marketing for unpublished writers, approaching an agent

Perserverance2 comments

daybydaywriter wrote 3 months ago: Current word count: 31,883 New words written: 1,622 Words til goal: 8,117 / 270 words a day til the … more →

Tags: Query Letters, Goals, PERSERVERANCE, Billy Coffey, how to find an agent

Why we read agent/editor blogs3 comments

daybydaywriter wrote 3 months ago: Current word count: 30,261 New words written: 1,205 Words til goal: 9,739 / 314 words a day til the … more →

Tags: Query Letters, reading agent blogs, reading editor blogs

A Writer's Guide to Literary Agents, Part 22 comments

ccyager wrote 3 months ago: What is this story that you’ve written?  A novel, sure.  But what kind of a novel?  Agents wan … more →

Tags: writing, Marketing, Fiction, the writing life, literary agents, Novels, researching agents


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