Nathan Bransford | Writing, Book Editing, Publishing
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I’ve been hard at work on some new ways to deliver you the information you need to achieve your writing goals. First up: a sixteen minute video on how to write a query letter! I share my top tips on writing a killer plot description, the personalization and nuts and bolts you need to include, […]
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 And, of course, if you need help more urgently or privately, I’m available for edits […]
Not sure what’s in the water lately, but I’ve heard both directly and indirectly from authors who are suddenly extremely worried about posting their queries in forums to get feedback. I’m sure, somewhere, there are actual horror stories of people having their ideas pilfered and profited off of based solely on a query, but I’ve […]
I’ve now been reading unpublished manuscripts and query letters for over twenty years–first as a publishing assistant, then a literary agent, now as a freelance editor–adding up to tens of thousands of pages. Read that much, and there are bound to be some bêtes noires that will pop up for any reader. I want to […]
I’ve been connected to the publishing industry long enough to have some opinions about query letters that can charitably be described as Old School. For instance, I still think the industry standard is to capitalize all book titles in query letters, not just one’s own, but it increasingly looks like I’ve lost that battle as […]
Nathan here, I invited author and editor Christine Pride to post about writer’s retreats–she should know, she has one coming up this fall! Perhaps you’ve noticed new writer’s retreats popping up across the country and around the world. (Including my own!) These getaways offer a chance to escape your daily routine, travel somewhere new, exotic, or […]
Helping authors achieve their dreams
