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Choose the Best Time Setting for your Novel
Editor Dana Isaacson says determining the time setting for your novel may be crucial to its ultimate success.
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Sell Your Book in 2019: A 10-Step Strategy
You’ve spent months, maybe even years, writing your book—now it’s time to sell it. That may seem like a daunting task, given how tough it can be to break through all the gatekeepers and find an agent or interest an editor or win an offer from a publisher. Here’s a ten-step strategy for selling your book based on my experience as an agent, acquisitions editor, and author:
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Are You Making One of These Risky Moves for Writers?
Even good writers often take chances that can sabotage their efforts to sell their work. Here are the top three risky moves to avoid.
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What You Can Learn about Writing Cozy Mysteries from Hallmark Christmas Movies
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Research (or, Does Writing Make Me a Terrible Person?)
Carol Goodman, the awardwinning author of The Night Visitors, discusses the role of real-time research in novelwriting. Do novelists meaningfully observe modern life, or are they duplicitous spies?
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Choose the Best Time Setting for your Novel
Editor Dana Isaacson says determining the time setting for your novel may be crucial to its ultimate success.
Are You Making One of These Risky Moves for Writers?
Even good writers often take chances that can sabotage their efforts to sell their work. Here are the top three risky moves to avoid.
Sell Your Book in 2019: A 10-Step Strategy
You’ve spent months, maybe even years, writing your book—now it’s time to sell it. That may seem like a daunting task, given how tough it can be to break through all the gatekeepers and find an agent or interest an editor or win an offer from a publisher. Here’s a ten-step strategy for selling your book based on my experience as an agent, acquisitions editor, and author:
What You Can Learn about Writing Cozy Mysteries from Hallmark Christmas Movies
Christmas movies are the cozies of the TV movie world. Here are 6 things you can learn from them about writing cozy mysteries.
Research (or, Does Writing Make Me a Terrible Person?)
Carol Goodman, the awardwinning author of The Night Visitors, discusses the role of real-time research in novelwriting. Do novelists meaningfully observe modern life, or are they duplicitous spies?
Writing Prompt: Dirty Laundry
What might your character—perhaps a new bride—find in the laundry?
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