“The Tyranny of the Known” with Guest Poster Jamie Wyman
Greetings, writers! By now at least one of you is probably staring at a blinking cursor and … well, cursing. People talk all the time about…
The Mountains of Success with Jennie Goloboy Part 1
Closing the Deal…Soon Congratulations! You’ve gotten the call from your agent– an editor wants to buy your manuscript! Now to tell everyone, right? Time to call…
The Swamps of Creation with Laura Zats Part 2
The Chicago Manual of Style, AKA How to Make Me Love You Some of you may not know this, but I got my start in publishing…
The Swamps of Creativity with Jennie Goloboy Part 2
A Mysterious Place Today I’m going to share my number one editing tip. There is one sentence, if included in a query letter, that will nearly…
The Swamps of Creation with Dawn Frederick Part 2
Freeways and Dead Ends As the wading continues through this week’s Swamps of Creation, the next item of consideration is the benefits of workshopping your book,…
Swamps of Creation with Laura Zats Part 1
Better than Author Platforms: The Writer Community and Your Place in it. This probably goes against everything you’ve ever heard about author platforms, but here I…
The Swamps of Creation with Jennie Goloboy Part 1
Today I’d like to talk about what sort of writing resume I’m looking for in a query letter, and specifically about short story credits. In On…
The Stormy Seas of Ill-Concieved Querying with Jennie Goloboy Part 2
The Email Attachment Quandary Today I want to talk about one of my pet peeves: unrequested attachments. I have received several query letters that consist of…
Dan Koboldt Guest Stars Today!
Research in Writing Few things throw a reader out of a story faster than a detail that the author got wrong. Whether it’s a misused medical…
Stormy Seas of Ill-conceived Querying with Laura Zats Part 1
The Kiss of Death: Personalization Edition There are a million different sites online dedicated to helping unagented authors find that special (bookish) someone. Pretty much every…
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