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Tag Archives: publishing
Will A Query Alone Sell Your Book?
One of the synonyms of query listed in the thesaurus is inquiry. The first thing agents and editors ask when you submit your manuscript is a query letter. A query may include an appealing but concise summary of the novel’s … Continue reading
Think Of A Synopsis As A First Date
Synopsis! This single word strikes fear in my heart. There’s something about an editor saying “Submit a synopsis and a sample chapter, or the first fifty pages” that turns my blood cold. I know that my fear is unnecessary. I … Continue reading
Best Of All No Rejection Letters
Self-publishing has become a remarkable phenomenon in this day and age. Whether it is articles or stories posted on blogs, or e-books, now anyone can write about anything and get “published” instantly. Often there are no boundaries and, best of … Continue reading
I Promise You Writers
Yesterday morning I woke up earlier than usual so I could finish the book I was reading before I sat down at my desk to write. I had only about fifty pages left. That was a huge mistake. Because after … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, books, fiction, Fifty Shades Of Grey, language, literature, magazine, publishing, reading, success, work, writer, writers, writing
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Sorry Not For Us
A few months back I got yet another “rejection email” from a publisher. Over the years and following the advice of other experienced writers I have learned to accept rejections with an open mind and not take them personally. Now … Continue reading
How Do You Promote Your Book
A writer friend told me the other day that nowadays publishing a book is the easiest part of the process of writing because of all the facilities available to writers online, digitally. But the hardest thing is the self-promotion. As … Continue reading
Literary Larceny
Literary theft or plagiarism and lying has always been part of literature and the publishing world. What was once hard to notice is nowadays easily detected. Technology and digital printing have a lot to do with it. In fact the … Continue reading
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Tagged books, copy, fiction, internet, literature, novel, online, plagiarism, publishing, reality tv, star, technology, writers, writing
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Are Self Publishers Doomed No Matter What
The other day I read an interesting article online in THE BOOKSELLER, about a teenage girl signing a book contract with a reputable publishing company. The title of the article read ‘HarperCollins pays six figures for teenage author’. The article … Continue reading
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Tagged author, books, fiction, internet, literature, online, people, publishing, reading, review, self publishing, story, writers, writing
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Larger Than Life Characters
A couple of months ago I read a book by David Baldacci, Hour Game, that I have been thinking about ever since. Not because it was an outstanding book, nor because the story was exceptional (which it wasn’t). No. Something … Continue reading
What Is There In Writing Except Language
Some say that there is a decline in the novel, while others claim that it is not the novel that is in decline but the readership. I personally think that at no time in the history of the novel has … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, books, literature, novel, publishing, reading, story, style, technology, writers, writing
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