Curb Appeal: Staging your Literary Work
What is curb appeal? According to the real-estate business, curb appeal is what potential buyers see first when they drive up to your property that’s for sale. It “embraces everything between your...
View ArticleFour Reasons Not To Self-Publish a Novel
Is self-publishing a short-cut to fame . . . or a short-circuit? Here’s a bit of tough love for novelists. I’ll give you four good reasons not to self-publish your novel. Instead, stick it in a drawer!...
View ArticleCan You Compete for an Agent’s or Editor’s Time?
Aspiring authors often seem puzzled that their work isn’t read more carefully, or positively, or even at all, when they send their work out to an agent or an editor. Those would-be authors aren’t...
View ArticleGetting Published with a Small Indie Press – Is It Right for You?
[This is Part 1 in a 4-part series, based on an article of mine in The New Writer's Handbook 2007.] Small presses offer opportunities for new or different authors. As we said in the ’60s: small is...
View ArticleGetting Published with a Small Indie Press – The Positives
[This is Part 2 in a 4-part series, based on an article of mine in The New Writer's Handbook 2007.] Let’s look at things that good-quality, small independent presses do well for writers. Risk-Taking...
View ArticleGetting Published with a Small Indie Press – The Negatives
[This is Part 3 in a 4-part series, based on an article of mine in The New Writer's Handbook 2007.] Let’s look at things that can be real problems in getting a book published with a small independent...
View ArticleGetting Published with a Small Indie Press – Finding the Right One
[This is Part 4 in a 4-part series, based on an article of mine in The New Writer's Handbook 2007.] To this point, I’ve discussed pros and cons in getting published with a small press. Now . . . how to...
View ArticleExcellent Resource for Authors Looking at Self-Publishing
I got a copy of this book recently, and I immediately found myself in the next several days recommending it to several authors who were considering self-publishing. The book is The Fine Print of...
View ArticleSimultaneous Submissions (Should I or Shouldn’t I?)
I’ve often heard writers ask whether they should follow a “no simultaneous submissions” policies, as requested by some publishers. The question of multiple submissions, also call simultaneous...
View ArticleProper Persistence for Writers – Or How Long Should I Keep Trying To Get...
In emerging-writer discussions, I often hear versions of this question: How long do I keep trying if I’m not seeing any results in my pitches to agents or publishing houses? There are many ways to...
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