Publishing will eat itself
Tips on how to get published and places to find FREE and low cost useful advice and tools to help you along the way.
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How to Pitch Your Story in Just 20 Words
One of the hardest parts of selling a new story (to a reader, an agent or a publisher) is coming up with what us marketing geeks call ‘The Elevator Pitch”. It’s also called a log line. It’s your whole story (80k+ words) boiled down into one sentence. Two at most. And coming up with a
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Writing tips: Timeless time
Trends come and go. What’s in today is gone tomorrow. These are not so much writing tips as lessons I learned … the hard way. In the traditional publishing world, life moves slowly. Two years often pass between when you type ‘The End’ and when you get to see your book for sale. Even if
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Where to hunt a literary agent
There are many ways to track down a literary agent. This article shares some tips on how to power your search.
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The pure hell of writing a synopsis
Nobody likes writing a synopsis. How about if I told you it could actually help you create a better book?
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Writing Tip #2 – Five red flags for writers
Some words should be an automatic red flag to a writer. The second you find yourself typing, writing or otherwise using them, a voice inside ought to scream stop. Here are five that I watch out for. Search your works in progress and eliminate at will.
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