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NaNoWriMo Contest Winner 2009 - Linda Randall - The Calamity Girl - The Promotion

ideagirlconsulting wrote 6 hours ago:   I’ve posted it on most of my sites, but good news! I won!!! My entry in the NaNoWriMo C … more →

Tags: writing - Chic - Lit - Humor, writing, the calamity girl, chic lit, rachel tornquist, Romance, linda randall, Author, Manuscript

Mental Exhaustion...

jeffemmersonmyautobiography wrote 2 days ago: I’m mentally exhausted with school, getting to the end, and giving my everything for my manusc … more →

Tags: Jeff Emmerson, Oprah Winfrey, MICHAEL JACKSON, Montreal New Years 2010, montreal, Sarah Fyn, Jeff Emmerson My Autobiography, Club 1234 Montreal, Self Publishing

My Manuscript

jeffemmersonmyautobiography wrote 2 days ago: It’s coming along nicely, my manuscript. I’ve sent a copy of it to a literary agent just … more →

Tags: Jeff Emmerson, Jeff Emmerson My Autobiography, montreal, Montreal New Years 2010, My autobiography, Sarah Fyn, Self Publishing

Gibbs Smith Call for Submissions

georgiamcbridebooks wrote 3 days ago: I’m pleased to announce a wonderful submissions opportunity from Gibbs Smith! Editor, Michelle … more →

Tags: Young Adult Fiction, editor query, georgia mcbride, Gibbs Smith, middle grade activity books, middle grade non-fiction, middle grade non-fiction query, non-fiction editor submissions, non-fiction publisher

Query Me This (Query Tips From Expert Wendy Burt-Thomas)4 comments

georgiamcbridebooks wrote 1 week ago: Wendy Burt-Thomas’s new book THE WRITER’S DIGEST GUIDE TO QUERY LETTERS was released in Januar … more →

Tags: query, slush pile, Book Deal, literary agents, georgia mcbride, Agent Query, Query Letter, seeking literary agent, how to write a query letter

Some Publishing Notes

nelsonleith wrote 1 week ago: Today, as I pound out some more pages for “The Crow and the Kinnebeck,”* I just want to … more →

Tags: Blogroll, observer, Bestseller, Blockbuster, Fiction, Jane Austen, Novel, Publishing, Query Letter

R-E-C-I-P-E.. Find out what it means to me.1 comment

carikamm wrote 1 week ago: How could I deny someone of his or her birthday wish?  To cook.  To put Kamm in the kitchen and see … more →

Tags: Cari Kamm, Aretha Franklin, Birthday, Chef Desmond, cooking, Family, Fear, Halibut, Home

PR Training

SquareMango wrote 1 week ago: Today, when I was giving a colleague an introduction to PR, it made me take a fresh look at what we … more →

Tags: PR, Public Relations, Marketing, online-pr, Cyprus, Freelancer, Copywriter, TRANSLATOR, Expert

Almanacco del Weekend - 15 Nov. 2009

Nicola di Bowery wrote 1 week ago: Galleycat – Who needs a literay agent? London Times - Computerised exam-marker fails Churchill … more →

Tags: memoir, Hemingway, Slate, Nabokov, Martin Amis, the guardian, London Review of Books, Salón, Roland Barthes

Hopes & Dreams - The Editor/Author, The Editor/Agent Relationship

redsofaliterary wrote 1 week ago: I’m adding the Agent perspective here. If you have read my previous posts, chatted with me a c … more →

Tags: Authors, Blog, query process, Author Rejections, book queries, queries

A VINCE COLLETTA PAGE

themostbeautifulwomenonearth wrote 1 week ago: Shark: I agree about Colletta. I think he imparted a softness that suited some books (such as Thor). … more →

Tags: Comic Books, comic book art, romance comics, Romance Art, good girl art, Vincent Colletta, Beautiful Women, Non-Fiction, Book Publishing

Young Adult Novel Contest

anitanolan wrote 2 weeks ago: Serendipity Literary Agency, in collaboration with Sourcebooks and Gotham Writers’ Workshop, i … more →

Tags: Challenge, Contests, Literary Agency, Teens, writing, Authors, contest

Getting an Agent—Rules and Breaking Them

annemartinfletcher wrote 2 weeks ago: [This is the fifth article in my series on Getting a First Book Published] Award-winning, multi-book … more →

Tags: writing, Living Outside of the Box, Getting a First Book Published, Jane's Stories Press Foundation, Book Proposal, Diana Abu-Jaber, intuition and talent, Getting Published

Interview: JJ, St. Martin's Press Editorial Assistant5 comments

georgiamcbridebooks wrote 2 weeks ago: I had the pleasure of sitting down with JJ, Editorial Assistant over at St. Martin’s Press and … more →

Tags: #YALITCHAT, Agent Query, author manuscript, seeking literary agent, slush pile, Young Adult Fiction, Book Deal, book editors, dan weiss

Romance Art, Vince Colletta, The Most Beautiful Women on Earth

themostbeautifulwomenonearth wrote 2 weeks ago: Don Newton: But this begs the question, could Vinnie actually ink? Yeah, he could and he could penci … more →

Tags: Comic Books, comic book art, romance comics, Romance Art, good girl art, Vincent Colletta, Beautiful Women, Non-Fiction, Book Publishing

Why Do Beginning Authors Need Agents?1 comment

Lynne Spreen wrote 2 weeks ago: It hurts me to ask that question, but after reading this article in USA Today, I must. I’ve dr … more →

Tags: self publish, Digital publishing

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

ninaamir wrote 2 weeks ago: Nonfiction writers looking for traditional book publishing contracts—wanting to sell their manuscrip … more →

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

COMING SOON, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN ON EARTH, THE LIFE, ART AND CONTROVERSY OF VINCENT COLLETTA1 comment

themostbeautifulwomenonearth wrote 3 weeks ago: Doc V.: MYSTIC #28’s “Not Dead Enough” has an eye-catching drop-dead gorgeous, bux … more →

Tags: Comic Books, comic book art, romance comics, Romance Art, good girl art, Vincent Colletta, Beautiful Women, Non-Fiction, Vince Colletta

The "Final" Draft18 comments

Katherine Battersby wrote 3 weeks ago: I’m about to start the final draft of a mid-grade novel. I say final with a wry smile, because … more →

Tags: Editing, writing, Books, characterisation, Final Draft, Getting Published, Plotting, Research, Writing for children


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