Literary Agents - Answers and Advice; Tara K. Harper, Author FAQ Main [ Home | Novels | Bio | Photo Gallery | FAQ | Workshop | Author Notes | Science | Links ] FAQ [ Writing | Queries | Agents | Publishers | Editors | Contracts | Authors | Books ] Copyright 2004 Tara K. Harper. All rights reserved. 1. How did you get an agent? 8. Also: Publishers, the Publishing Industry, and Getting Published Contracts - Terms and Negotiation Links to author resources 1. I purchased a Writer's Market and read through the agents' listing to find out which agents handled SF writers. Of the three replies, only one mentioned marketing--a very polite suggestion to consider lengthening my manuscript to make the story more marketable. But if you want to know the story behind the story... [ Next discussion ][ Return to top ] 2. Get an agent any way you can. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. [ Next discussion ][ Return to top ] 3. When I was an unknown, aspiring writer, it took about five months to find an agent. Most agents say that they respond to queries in three months. 4. Only one. 5.
How to Publish Your Own Amazon Kindle Ebook Would you like to be the next Dan Brown or J.K. Rowling? Perhaps your aspirations are less lofty, but you still have a story--or expert information--to share with the masses. Unless you are already a bestselling author, landing a publishing deal is easier said than done. Thankfully, though, tools are available for you to publish your own electronic book. I'm no stranger to publishing, having written or cowritten a dozen books. For a small or medium-size business, self-publishing has a variety of potential benefits. You have assorted options, including Amazon's CreateSpace and Kindle Direct Publishing; Barnes & Noble's PubIt; Lulu; and SelfPublishing.com. If writing an entire book seems daunting, you might prefer to take an existing blog of yours and publish it via Amazon so that everyone with a Kindle can download and read your posted material. What You Need to Publish an Ebook For starters, you need content: Self-published books don't type themselves. Professional Consulting or DIY?
Exercises in Writing for Beginning Writers Instructor: Jim Manis Email: jdm12@psu.edu Exercises to Generate Creativity Copyright @ 2001 The Pennsylvania State University This site is devoted to offering as many exercises (and general good advise) for creative writing students who wish to avail themselves of them. The first rule to becoming a writer is to write REGULARLY. Keep a Journal: Many of us aren't sure what we should be writing about during that space we set up to write in every day. A journal can be physically made of anything that it is convenient for you to write in and carry around. Keep in mind that a journal is not a diary. Audience: Young writers sometimes make one of the two following mistakes: They either assume they are writing for everyone or that they are only writing for themselves. How then do you determine who you are writing for? Ready to try to some exercises? Click here to go to poetry. Click here to go to story writing.
Now your book can be published and on sale to more than ten million readers worldwide – and you can make a handsome profit from the sales. All in less than four weeks! Literary Agents Who Represent Christian Authors Aspiring authors routinely ask me to recommend an agent. This is more difficult than you might think. For starters, we work with numerous agents and enjoy good relationships with all of them. Photo courtesy of ©iStockphoto.com/Viorika Second, it’s often just as difficult to find an agent as a publisher. Rather than recommend a specific agent, I hoped to be able to point authors to a list of agents on the Internet. This may not be all the agents that could be listed, but these are the forty or so we work with at Thomas Nelson. Also, please note: before you approach any agent, you should prepare a formal proposal. Regardless, this list does not constitute my recommendation. Keep in mind that agents typically charge a 15 percent commission. Note: If you are one of the agents listed below and want your information edited or removed, please send me an email.
How To Write A Novel Using The Snowflake Method Writing a novel is easy. Writing a good novel is hard. That’s just life. If it were easy, we’d all be writing best-selling, prize-winning fiction. Frankly, there are a thousand different people out there who can tell you how to write a novel. In this article, I’d like to share with you what works for me. This page is the most popular one on my web site, and gets over a thousand page views per day, so you can guess that a lot of people find it useful. Good fiction doesn’t just happen, it is designed. For a number of years, I was a software architect designing large software projects. I claim that that’s how you design a novel — you start small, then build stuff up until it looks like a story. If you’re like most people, you spend a long time thinking about your novel before you ever start writing. But before you start writing, you need to get organized. Step 1) Take an hour and write a one-sentence summary of your novel. Some hints on what makes a good sentence: Shorter is better.
English 50 Exercises for Story Writers English 50 – Intro to Creative Writing: Exercises for Story Writers Basic Theory: What is a short story? As soon as someone delivers a definition, some good writer will write a story that proves the theory wrong. About the only thing we can say for sure is that short stories are short and that they are written in what we call prose. Short stories have a narrator; that is, someone tells the story; have at least one character in them; have some action occur (or perhaps fails to occur); take place somewhere; that is, there is a setting for the action; and someone either learns something or fails to learn something (theme).With these five characteristics in mind, we can create an almost endless supply of exercises to help sharpen our techniques of story telling. Narrative Voice Twenty or so years ago, voice was the "rite of passage" into a successful writing career. NOTE: It is quite common for writers in the early stages of their careers to imitate the writers they are reading or admire most.
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Marketing Plan for Religious Titles The information below provides ideas, examples, and instructions that will help you create a quick, practical marketing plan for a religious book. This plan is meant to get you started, but effective marketing requires flexibility. If something is not working for you after you have given it a concerted effort, try another tactic to reach the realistic goals you establish. Part One: Description of Current Situation and Goals. Before planning your specific marketing actions, think about your product, potential readers, goals, and objectives for the next year. 1. The entire marketing process is based on having a good book to sell. Identify books that are similar to yours, and describe how yours is different from and better than competitive titles. Finally, develop a strong mission statement. 2. As an author, you are also selling yourself as a product, so it is important to start making the right brand impressions early. 3. 4. For ideas on goal-setting, read How to Set SMART Writing Goals.
How To Write A Novel Step by Step The toughest part of learning how to write a novel is knowing where to start and how to keep on going to the end. This section of Novel Writing Help is all about demystifying the writing process. Figuring out how to write a novel can be confusing, probably because there are so many steps to take... You've got to create all the fictional characters and write a watertight plot. You've got to write the subplots and weave them seamlessly into the main plot. You've got to build an atmospheric setting and decide on a theme. ... and that's all before you can even start to write the novel! Where do I even begin?!? The answer is that you begin by studying a good map and familiarizing yourself with the route. Actually, it is two maps in one... First, it gives you an overview of every step you need to take to get from where you are today to having a published novel to your name. Take some time to study this map now, just to get an idea of where you are going. 1) Planning. 2) Writing. 3) Editing. So...