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If you want to be a published author, get used to waiting. You can wait for up to six months to hear back from queries. Even if you take the indie publishing path, you’ll wait on cover designs, edits and approval of your uploaded files. I used to hate waiting. Okay, I’m still not a …
One of the biggest reasons to attend a writing conference is to pitch your writing projects to prospective agents, editors or publishers. Pitching face-to-face makes even the most experienced author feel queasy. Check out my posts on crafting a winning pitch and my actual pitching experiences. One thing that I liked about OCW Conference was …
This blog has often featured articles that writers might find helpful. Not because I’m an expert on this whole “writing gig” but because I’ve done some digging. I want your road to publishing to be smoother than mine has been. One of the big questions I still find myself debating is about HOW to get …
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Writing is waiting. And waiting some more. All the while you keep writing, but part of your brain is wondering about the wait. Even self published authors must deal with some of this. They send a manuscript to their editor and have to wait for it to come back, marked with changes they must make …
By the time you read this post, it will have been four weeks since I mailed out my queries for Doomsday Dragons. The first week after they were gone, I was still combing through the manuscript. I read it aloud. Strengthened the sentences with stronger verbs and more precise nouns and descriptors. Tried to polish …
In the new publishing paradigm, some authors seek editors at small houses instead of an agent. If you want to walk the traditional path (like me), the best idea is still to find an agent to represent you. Even though the number of agents is high, finding the perfect fit for you and your work …
While traveling away from home, deadlines are left behind not packed in the suitcase. If only I could have avoided the electronic age of mishaps while in Las Vegas this past week. Murphy’s Law: “Anything that can go wrong will do wrong.” Okay, it wasn’t that bad. The house could have burned down or been robbed. …