Tag Archives: publishing

Novel Diagnostics: How to Tell if Your Book Might Have Terminal Problems in TEN Pages

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Jenny Hansen

By Kristen Lamb For those of you who have submitted before, ever wonder how an agent can ask for the first 20 pages and still reject your book? Did you ever wonder if the agents really read these pages? How … Continue reading →

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10 Reasons Why You Should Know How To Format Ebooks

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Jenny Hansen

By Kait Nolan, @kaitnolan I’ve been around since the fairly early days of self publishing. My first ebook went live in early 2010. Since then, the market has exploded and a thousand things have changed. Something that’s true this month … Continue reading →

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5 Tips for Effective Author Marketing: Small is the New Big

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Jenny Hansen

by Lynda Bouchard

What can an author learn from a pair of Spanx? A lot.

I was in a mall last week with my aunt and, as we walked through the pantyhose department, I noticed that one brand stood out. Spanx.

How Spanx got noticed and the unique marketing of this product is a brilliant lesson for all authors. Small is the new big. Continue reading →

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Classifying Your Book: How to Research & Target Literary Agents

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Jenny Hansen

By Chuck Sambuchino Once your book is finished, it’s time to start submitting to agents. For this, a simple first step is to create a new Microsoft Word or Excel document so you can keep detailed track of your submissions, target … Continue reading →

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Down but Not Out: Finding Inspiration and Moving Forward

Posted on April 21, 2014 by writersinthestorm

By Michelle Gable Earlier this year you might’ve read about the Parisian flat left abandoned for the better part of a century. Though photographs of the frozen-in-time apartment went viral only recently, I read about the discovery several years ago … Continue reading →

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Performing Your Book

Posted on April 14, 2014 by writersinthestorm

By Barbara Claypole White Before the launch of my debut novel, THE UNFINISHED GARDEN, I lost 5lbs to performance terror. Painfully shy as a teenager, my mother and music teacher once had to conspire to sneak Valium backstage so I … Continue reading →

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How to be an Agent’s ‘Dream Client’

Posted on March 7, 2014 by LauraDrake

By Chuck Sambuchino How does a literary agent define their “ideal client”? The question is extremely important because it’s one that factors into an agent’s mindset before and after they sign you. If an agent has read your complete novel … Continue reading →

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5 Tips To Help Writers Embrace Change

Posted on February 24, 2014 by writersinthestorm

by Kathryn Craft Turning Whine into Gold Everything’s changing. Yep—that’s a whine all right, and a truth, and the summary of this entire post. Change is as constant in publishing as any other industry impacted by computerization in the past … Continue reading →

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Query Letter Pet Peeves – Agents Speak

Posted on January 3, 2014 by writersinthestorm

By Chuck Sambuchino Ready to send your book out and contact agents? The last thing you want to do is to rush that submission out the door and hurt your book’s chances. When submitting your all-important query to agents or … Continue reading →

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The 4 Best/Worst Things That Affected My Writing Career

Posted on December 16, 2013 by writersinthestorm

by Erika Marks Hello, friends! I hope this finds everyone ready for the holiday season—and by ready, I mean totally freaking out! (Just kidding. Well, sort of.) I know this time of year is one during which we can’t help … Continue reading →

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