I am so close to finishing* my manuscript that I’m giddy. Giddy! It helps that I love revising; turns out this is my favorite part of the process. Everything is right there on the page and all I have to do is make it better! But. Enough of me being overly excited (especially since the […]
I’m on a high, about to jump into my final round of revisions! But I’ll pause for a moment to compile some links for you from this week: The paradox of memoir, Ami Spencer writes, is the more personal details you reveal, the more readers will relate. Author James Patterson is a publishing machine. And […]
Some weeks I scramble to find enough links to make this roundup worth your while. But like last week, here again I’ve got plenty to share: For the Love of God, People, The Slush Pile Isn’t Dead at The Rumpus. A rebuke to a well-read Wall Street Journal article. In the New York Times, one […]
Don’t you love when your Google Reader is bursting with awesome information? So much good stuff out there this week, including several memoir-specific posts: From Pimp My Novel: The Importance of Negative Reviews. If reviewers don’t have anything nice to say, should they say anything at all? A guest blogger on Guide to Literary Agents […]
Slim pickings in my Google Reader this week. Here are my faves: Does Social Networking Kill the Author Mystique? Does it sell books? Questions raised by thriller author Jason Pinter. Please stand to the right (if you’re a loser), from adventurer Alastair Humphreys. “Standing on the right (of the escalator) is a metaphor for complacency,” […]
Halfway through December already?! Only three more weeks to meet my revision goal. Links from this week: Writer’s Digest brings you: A big mistake to avoid in story openings. Since I’ve rewritten my first two chapters about thirty times, I took note. Writer Ami Spencer asks, Where does the muse come from? She links to […]
Full speed ahead on revision! Links from this week: A series from editor Chuck Sambuchino called Successful Queries gives examples of real queries that worked, letters that convinced literary agents to request more from the author. Best of all, the literary agent tells why they worked. Helpful for someone like me who’s preparing to query. […]
Hope you had a happy Thanksgiving! My family’s celebrating Saturday, so I still have the holiday to look forward to. Until then, I’ll be busy reading these links: At Writer’s Digest, The 3 Self-Publishing Paths You Should Understand. Jane Friedman’s main point: It’s possible to self-publish for next to no money at all. How do […]
Happy Friday! Lots of good links out there this week: What makes a blog successful? By Penelope Trunk. Should new authors go to BEA? (BookExpo America, that is.) Literary agent Janet Reid says don’t bother. Literary agent Rachelle Gardner rebukes some publishing myths, including that authors should never write proposals for fiction. Back from the […]
Hey regulars! And a warm welcome to newbies who discovered this blog because of an interview I did over at Mira’s List earlier this week. Glad to have you. Links from this week: How much money would you make from a New York Times Bestseller? This author tells all. Speaking about your book: Seven Tips […]