The Smallest, But Most Crucial Part of Your Query
by Laura Drake @PBRWriter I’m teaching a submissions class for the Lawson Writer’s Academy the whole month of August. I’ll cover a buttload of material, from where to look for agents Continue reading
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Finding Inspiration When You’re Dry
by Greta Boris Inspiration is as important as water in a desert when your career is a creative one. What do you do when inspiration runs dry? When every oasis Continue reading
Twitter Pitches and Loglines- Before the Beginning
Twitter pitches have helped me fight my way through logline hell. Every author I know hates to write loglines—at least for their own stories. I’m no exception. But before Continue reading
Begin Your Path to Publication
by Elizabeth Conte You have an idea. “A great story,” you tell your family. “It will make a epic movie,” you brag to your friends. Now what? Many writers are Continue reading
Are You a Publishing Greenhorn?
by Greta Boris green·horn (ˈɡrēnˌhôrn/ | noun | NORTH AMERICAN informal) a person who is new to or inexperienced at a particular activity. When I was a running greenhorn, I experienced something in a Continue reading
How to Have a Love Affair with Your Reader
by Greta Boris Many writers are caught in a terrible love triangle between their protagonist and their audience. We must, we’re told, write compelling, likable, fascinating characters. We must also Continue reading
Grit – You need it, but how do you get it?
by Greta Boris You must pay for everything in this world, one way and another. There is nothing free except the grace of God. – Mattie Ross, from the movie Continue reading
Generosity Sells Books – A New Marketing Mindset
With somewhere in the vicinity of 1,000,000 new titles arriving on the U.S. scene every year, how can little ‘ole you and me expect our books to be seen, never Continue reading
Productivity, Thankfulness, and Super Chickens
by Greta Boris Looking for your publishing dream team? Most of us think if we could only find our publishing dream team—agent to the elite, Big Five press, superstar editor, Continue reading
Taking the Terror out of the Query Process
by Greta Boris Ask any author, no matter how successful, their least favorite part of the job. It will invariably have something to do with the query process. Either they Continue reading