This week! Books! We’re entering the dog days of summer, when publishing industry news (and employees) become scarce, but I still have some links to share with you. If you’ve been reading more books in the past year you’re not alone. According to the American Time Use survey, reading jumped 21% year over year in […]
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Don’t lose sight of what’s on and off the page (query critique)
If you’d like to nominate your own page or query for a public critique, kindly post them here in the discussion forums: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog Also, if you’d like to test your editing chops, keep your eye on this area or this […]
3 ways “show don’t tell” can lead you astray
“Show don’t tell” is simultaneously some of the best and worst writing advice in literary land. While there are some very good ways to apply this maxim, no one really means quite the same thing when they say “SDT” and many writers take the wrong meaning from it entirely. Here are a few different ways […]
Watch my ComicCon panel! (This week in books)
This week! Books! First up, I’m very excited to be participating in ComicCon @ Home again this year. A great panel I recorded with literary agents Kurestin Armada, Quressa Robinson, Bridget Smith, and literary manager Lars Theriot will go live on the SDCC YouTube page this evening at 8pm ET / 5pm PT. We talk […]
Start with uniqueness (page critique)
If you’d like to nominate your own page or query for a public critique, kindly post them here in our discussion forums: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog Also, if you’d like to test your editing chops, keep your eye on this area or this area! […]
Try to separate process and outcomes
If you are writing a book and plan to show it to the world, you’re embracing a process where there will be an endless array of forces outside of your control. It’s impossible for any one person to predict how successful a book will be prior to publication. There isn’t a formula for marketing a […]
