The career novelist

Strategy session I. breaking in

Breaking In Checklist

1. The next novel I will market is:


2. This novel is-.

• a stand-alone
  D part of a series

3. It is in the form of:

• a partial


• a complete manuscript

4. The category this novel belongs in is:

• romance


• mystery/suspense


• science fiction/fantasy


• horror


• frontier/western


• gay/lesbian


• mainstream


• literary fiction

5. My closest competitors are these authors:


6. I will first approach:

• agents


• publishers

7. I would like to shoot for:
   
   
   • a one-book contract
     
     
     • a multiple-book deal
     
     
     
     
   
   
   
   


8. The best format for my novel is:
   
   
   • hardcover
   
   
   • original paperback
   
   
   • trade paperback
   
   
   
   


9. The logical next novel for me to work on is:
   10.1 am planning to go full-time when:
   D my royalties have exceeded my income goals for two years
   
   
   • I have passed the five-book threshold
   
   
   • other: