Tag: Paula Munier
5 Ways to Frame Your Story
Posted by Paula Munier | May 6, 2024
NOODLING 101: How to Generate Good Ideas…Fas...
Posted by Paula Munier | Apr 1, 2024
WRITING IN SCENES: The Secret to Show Don’t ...
Posted by Paula Munier | Oct 9, 2023
THE CAREER AUTHORS 11: WANDA M. MORRIS
by Paula Munier | Jun 28, 2023 | Craft
An exclusive CAREER AUTHORS 11 interview with rising superstar thriller writer Wanda M. Morris, award-winning author of All Her Little Secrets and Anywhere You Run.
Read MoreRIDING LESSONS FOR WRITERS: Or, How to Wrangle an Agent
by Our Special Guest | Mar 15, 2023 | Marketing
Every writer wants an agent. Here’s how one writer went from page one to representation, with a little help from books, conferences, and Career Authors.
Read More10 Things Not to Say to an Agent When You Pitch Your Project
by Paula Munier | Jun 8, 2022 | Marketing
Agent Paula Munier of Talcott Notch Literary on what not to say when you talk to an agent about your work.
Read MoreTHE DARING WRITER’S GUIDE TO POINT OF VIEW
by Paula Munier | May 2, 2022 | Craft
Point of view issues keep more otherwise sellable authors from selling their work than nearly any other problem. Agent, author, and writing teacher Paula Munier reveals the POV challenges that can trip writers up–and how they can overcome them.
Read MoreDEAR SANTA: A Writer’s Christmas Wish List
by Paula Munier | Dec 15, 2021 | Craft, Life
Every writer deserves a special gift from Santa this year. USA TODAY bestelling author and agent Paula Munier writes to the jolly old elf in search of the perfect present.
Read MoreWHAT I LEARNED FROM CRIME BAKE: A Writer’s Story
by Paula Munier | Nov 8, 2021 | Publishing
There are certain times in a writer’s life when everything changes. For literary agent and USA TODAY bestselling Paula Munier, that time came when she went to her first New England Crime Bake. Here’s how that jumpstarted her career–and how it might jumpstart yours, too.
Read MoreWRITING ABOUT THE PANDEMIC—OR NOT?
by Paula Munier | Aug 30, 2021 | Craft, Marketing, Publishing
The uncertainty of life during the pandemic has affected everyone in the book business—writers, editors, publishers, booksellers, librarians, reviewers. Agent and USA TODAY bestselling author Paula Munier explores the ways in which writers are handling the pandemic in their fiction.
Read MoreOBEDIENCE TRAINING FOR WRITERS: What living with dogs teaches us about writing
by Paula Munier | May 19, 2021 | Craft
Living with dogs in the real world and writing about them in her fictional world has taught Paula Munier that that many of the things she learned the hard way about dogs applied to writing as well. Here are the lessons writers can learn from their dogs.
Read MoreWriting Good First Lines: Think Theme
by Paula Munier | Jul 10, 2019 | Craft
First lines matter. To write a good beginning, you need to know what your story is really about. That is, your theme.
Read MoreWhat Makes a Great Book Cover?
by Paula Munier | Apr 4, 2018 | Marketing
Book covers matter. One publisher I worked for used to say that a cover was a billboard for the book—the only promotion your story has once it’s on its own on the shelf, waiting to be picked up and bought and read. Here’s a look at book covers, and what makes them work—or not.
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