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So many things arise during the summer months: warm (or blazing hot!) weather, vacations, conferences, kids out of school. All these things can interfere with your writing routine. Writing Tip for Today: Let’s discuss some strategies for writing in the summer season. Be Flexible When summer hits, many writers lose productivity. Whether it’s a writing […]
How to Write Killer Blurbs Blurbs are the brief summaries, usually on the back cover, that help readers want to buy your book. After seeing your title and book cover, most potential readers will flip the book over and read the back cover blub. Writing a killer blurb helps readers decide to buy and read […]
During July and August especially, many agents and editors are busy with writing conferences, book shows and vacations. When September arrives, they’re back in the office, replete with stacks of pitches and requested mss. gleaned from those conferences. I’ve always heard that from September to mid-October is prime time for cold querying agents. Then in […]
There are probably a few literary agents out there who don’t use email, but they are in the minority. As more and more editors and agents switch to electronic communications, the standard advice about submitting has changed.Writing Tip for Today: Old-style queries: like a business letter, with a letterhead, the date, the addressee and Dear […]
Agent shopping. The very idea shakes writers to their cores. Yet if you write fiction, an agent is very likely a key stop on the road to publication. A good query letter is an important start when you begin that search. If this is your first time to seek representation by a literary agent, you […]