Nathan Bransford | Writing, Book Editing, Publishing
Helping authors achieve their dreams
How long does it take to sell a novel to a traditional publisher? About that long. But in seriousness, while there aren’t statistics that track average time spent on submission, anecdotally it seems like it’s taking longer than ever. In this post, I’m going to break down how long you can expect it to take, […]
Over the weekend on Threads, the social media site where writers go to experience collective freak-outs, the main character of the day was a literary agent who, in short order, both complained about A.I. slop in query letters and said A.I. can be useful for researching comp titles. I don’t want to link directly to […]
Whether you’re pursuing traditional publishing or self-publishing, it’s crucial to enter the process with the best novel or proposal you can possibly write. Here’s how to find the best book editor for you, and what to do once you’ve found one. In this post I’m going to cover: What is a book editor? The book […]
A modest proposal. The submission process in the publishing industry these days is increasingly broken. Many literary agents have long had a “no response means no” policy on query letters, but now the shoe is on the other foot and many editors at publishing houses are straying into “no response means no” policy, leaving agents […]
When I heard that Southwest Airlines will soon be eliminating its esoteric-but-efficient boarding system, likely in favor of more premium offerings, I notched it as a big loss: It’s one of the last communal experiences in American society that hadn’t yet been ruthlessly stratified by class. Now, sure, you have to be rich enough to […]
With social media fragmenting, I’m bringing back my old “You Tell Me” Wednesday discussions to try to get good old fashioned blog conversations going. If you’re reading in a feed reader or via email, please click through to the post to leave a public comment and join the discussion! This past week, publishing tongues were wagging as […]
Helping authors achieve their dreams
