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TeenWriter Tuesday: 5 Ways to Make Career Connections
Go Teen Writers! If you are not already familiar with the website Go Teen Writers, I’d like to introduce you. GoTeenWriters offers honesty, encouragement and community to teens who want to be published. If you want to meet other teens who love … Continue reading
Monday Advice from Editors and Agents: Hooking a YA Agent
Many romance writers, even some with long backlists, are looking at fresh opportunities in the Young Adult market–more creative freedom (less restriction in story lines), the ability to reach a new audience (one that will grow up to become an audience … Continue reading
Posted in #mswl, Agent/Editor Pitch, Agents, Finding agents, First lines, First page, Gatekeepers, Opening scene, Publishing Industry, Queries, Queries and Pitches, Rejection, Rejections, Writers Digest, Writing
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Wednesday Word for Writers: Book Packager
Publishing houses, especially mid- and small-size publishers, often don’t have the personnel to handle every single facet of producing and marketing a book. They may out-source some phases of the process, such as photography, editing, artwork, research–even writing, to a … Continue reading
Posted in Book packager, Business of Writing, Publishing Industry
Tagged Book Packager, Publishers
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Monday Advice from Agents and Editors: The Truth about Gatekeepers
Mike Underwood is with Angry Robot Books, a British publisher of some pretty fantastic science fiction and fantasy. In a recent post, Mike addressed some “secrets” of the publishing industry that every aspiring author should know. Now it’s no real … Continue reading
Posted in Finding agents, Finding publishers, Gatekeepers, Publishing Industry
Tagged agents, editors, gatekeepers, Publishing, resources
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