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View ArticleDo Literary Agents Look for New Authors? If So, How Do I Get One?
Question:Do Literary Agents look for new authors? If so, how do I get an agent? Answer: I’ll begin this answer with a question: Have you written a book proposal on this book or the entire manuscript?...
View ArticleWhy Write Nonfiction Instead of Fiction?
Question: Everyone says it is easier for an unpublished writer to break in with nonfiction vs. fiction? Is it only easier to break in with nonfiction if you have speaking engagements that will result...
View ArticleWhat Happens Inside a Publisher, After I Sign the Contract?
Question: What happens inside the publishing house after I receive my contract and sign it? Answer: I’ve been asked this question many times–and unless you have personally worked inside a publishing...
View ArticleJoin A Critique Group to Get Your Writing Moving
Discouraged about your writing? Wonder if you are ever going to get anything published? How do you learn to write? Admittedly, any kind of writing requires work and effort, but joining a critique group...
View ArticleWhy can’t the editor give me some feedback?
Question: I keep getting form rejection letters. Why don’t editors give me the facts and what can I do about it? Answer: In the magazine and book world, rejection comes for many reasons. Sometimes it...
View ArticleWhat is a Trade Journal?
Question: Why should I read trade journals? Where does a writer find trade journals with publishing news? Answer: You may be wondering, “What in the world is a trade journal?” To newcomers, publishing...
View ArticleDo Literary Agents Look for New Authors? If So, How Do I Get One?
Question:Do Literary Agents look for new authors? If so, how do I get an agent? Answer: I’ll begin this answer with a question: Have you written a book proposal on this book or the entire manuscript?...
View ArticleWhy Write Nonfiction Instead of Fiction?
Question: Everyone says it is easier for an unpublished writer to break in with nonfiction vs. fiction? Is it only easier to break in with nonfiction if you have speaking engagements that will result...
View ArticleWhat Happens Inside a Publisher, After I Sign the Contract?
Question: What happens inside the publishing house after I receive my contract and sign it? Answer: I’ve been asked this question many times–and unless you have personally worked inside a publishing...
View ArticleJoin A Critique Group to Get Your Writing Moving
Discouraged about your writing? Wonder if you are ever going to get anything published? How do you learn to write? Admittedly, any kind of writing requires work and effort, but joining a critique group...
View ArticleWhy can’t the editor give me some feedback?
Question: I keep getting form rejection letters. Why don’t editors give me the facts and what can I do about it? Answer: In the magazine and book world, rejection comes for many reasons. Sometimes it...
View ArticleWhat is a Trade Journal?
Question: Why should I read trade journals? Where does a writer find trade journals with publishing news? Answer: You may be wondering, “What in the world is a trade journal?” To newcomers, publishing...
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