Chip MacGregor started MacGregor Literary in Hillsboro, OR and has been in the business for a long time. Like many literary agents who share their experiences, Chip too offers useful advice to budding authors who dream of getting their work published. Read what he has to say on ” Choosing An Agent “. It covers a lot of ground on
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There are lists of literary agents, there are forums for you to participate in and there are a million useful things you can pick up by reading stuff at Agent Query. AQ Connect takes you into a world where many like you share their problems, their views, their frustrations ( about writing , of course) and give you a lot of feedback. Jump in and check it out.
Here’s a link that would be interesting to track. Apparently every Sunday, Jane Friedman, publisher and editorial director of the Writer’s Digest community, puts together some of the best tweets for writers that she has seen over the last week. Continue reading “Best Tweets for Writers”
Many successful authors have taken the time and effort to share their thoughts on publishing your novel. Here is what Simon Haynes, known for the Hal Spacejock series has to say on ” How To Write A Novel ” . There are some good tips here for people like me.
The pace of the story is dictated by the sentence length. Not just the words used. This thought occurred to me as I sat reviewing something that I had written. Here’s the context. The good guy in a story is an a jam. He has to extricate himself from a difficult situation. He has to throw off his trail a man who is following him some distance away by assaulting him when he least expects it. Here we go then:
Which is more difficult to write? Novel or query? No prizes for guessing! It has to be the query!! As the days go by, I discover that writing a 80,000 word novel was so much easier than writing a query. I would like to share my learnings for the benefit of others who might be in a similar position – now or later:
There are innumerable sites in the web that offer sound advice on writing. Suzannah Freeman has done us all a great favour by compiling a list of “23 Websites that Make Your Writing Stronger“. Thanks for that strong list for writing stonger.
Until some months ago, I had only a very hazy idea of who literary agents were and of their role in the publishing business. I always thought of them as being representatives of publishers who scout for writing talent. Now that I have written my first- as yet unpublished- novel titled ” It Can’t Be You” all of a sudden, I am in the process of discovering just how important literary agents are. I understand that very, very few authors get their work published directly by large publishing houses without being represented by a literary agent.
I never imagined writing a query letter would be that important. Honest. As I learn more about the craft of the trade, I am amazed at the wealth of information available on writing queries. There are books, websites and blogs which cover the subject in great detail. Continue reading “Thank you, Mr. Lukeman”
Shelfari is described as the “premier social network for people who love books”. I came across this network only recently and was delighted to explore the immense possibilities there. I look forward to spending many enjoyable hours here.
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