So it’s a new month. And, really, it’s a great month. September is one of those where the heat finally starts fading away and the awesomeness of fall starts creeping in, although in this part of the state, we had a pretty nice August with lots of days in the 70s and 80s. Anyhow, I […]
3 questions (about your book) to ask yourself right now
Writing is book is hard, but the really difficult stuff comes after it’s finished. After the editing, revising, rewriting, and cleanup, you’ve still got nothing but a book. Your next step is to get the novel to readers, and hopefully make some money doing so. When it comes to publishing, you’ve basically got three options: […]
Writing a query letter? Check out this free e-book!
Cool! Here’s a free e-book by Noah Lukeman (the author of The First Five Pages: A Writer’s Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection Pile). To me, writing the query letter is just as difficult as writing the novel. Agents and editors are busy. You may have only one or two seconds to grab their […]
Five Links Friday 3/20/15
We’ve reached the end of another busy week. Hope yours was a good one. Here are five writing related links you should click on. 1. Let’s start with a post from Jane Lebak at the QueryTracker blog looking at The Query Process: laughably bad rejections. My favorite: “We just accepted a story with a main […]
3 Things to Include (and 3 Things to Avoid) in a Query Letter
Writing a query letter can be one of the most difficult exercises for a writer to endure. It’s never easy to sum up your full-length novel in a paragraph or two and, if you’re anything like me, you feel like your strength lies in writing, not marketing. But that’s how you have to look at […]
5 Things a Writer Can Learn from a Rejection Letter
“I’d like to try to get this published, but I’m afraid. What if they don’t like it?” That’s a common fear for new writers. And it’s an understandable one. You put your heart and soul into a story. You spend precious free time writing it, perfecting it, and reading it over and over until you’re […]