The career novelist
The reality Looking at the industry more closely, there are some other bright spots. For one thing, this is a great time to be a ...
THE CAREER NOVELIST unique access to their audience, and can develop—either with their publishers' help or on their own—a relati ...
The reality being crushed under the weight of an $ 18.8 billion behemoth? In my experience, the first step is finding the right ...
THE CAREER NOVELIST come after ten or even twenty books. Patrick O'Brian is a case in point. So is Martin Cruz Smith. These auth ...
The reality reliable. A brand does not spring surprises, or at any rate, not unpleasant ones. A brand is available when one want ...
THE CAREER NOVELIST A whole host of problems become easy to solve when one thinks of publishing only as a means. Take the proble ...
3 CHAPTER Pitching Errors FIRST IMPRESSIONS YOU CANNOT PUT IT OFF FOREVER: SOONER OR LATER YOU WILL have to bring your novel out ...
THE CAREER NOVELIST And that was how I came to spend an entire weekend in a roomy, blue-curtained cubicle listening to pitches. ...
Pitching errors Indeed, established authors will tell you that the need to pitch does not end once you find an agent or sign a c ...
THE CAREER NOVELIST But hold on. These are impartial readers with no close connec- tion to the author. If they enjoyed the novel ...
Pitching errors to their work can cling beyond a useful point. That is not always true, but there is a certain correlation. Some ...
THE CAREER NOVELIST is another. No one wants to work with an author who becomes excit- ed, even furious, over every bad review o ...
Pitching errors thinking for him. That is dangerous. Part of my job is to give career advice, true, but in the end only the auth ...
THE CAREER NOVELIST At one time or another, all of my clients were unknown to me. Many were previously published, true, but many ...
Pitching errors Now, to specifics: how to compose your letter. A relaxed but busi- nesslike approach is probably best. Lots of a ...
THE CAREER NOVELIST A Model Query Letter COMMENTS Proper letter format shows that the writer is serious and businesslike. Intro ...
Pitching errors The key to a good summary is distilling the essence of your story. What would you tell me about your plot if you ...
THE CAREER NOVELIST tising. Thirty seconds of TV is not the same as brushing your teeth with Pepsodent. Watching a movie trailer ...
4 CHAPTER Choosing an Agent CHOICE? THERE'S A CHOICE? HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF HOURS DID YOU SPEND WRITING your last novel? How many ...
THE CAREER NOVELIST is to find an agent who will say yes, and as soon as they do the search is over. Who can blame them? New wri ...
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