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Agent Barbara Poelle On: 6 Things Writers Can Do To Make Their September Rock Barbara Poelle is an agent with the Irene Goodman Literary Agency, representing thrillers, literary suspense, historical...

What Your Readers and Book Buyers Want to Know About You and What You Need to Know About Them By Dorothy Thompson What should authors concentrate on when answering questions in interviews or just...

Agent Scott Hoffman On: Making Sense of a Rejection Letter Agents generally respond to submissions with three types of rejections.  Cracking the code when it comes to a typical agent’s rejection...

http://writetodone.com/2008/01/09/10-steps-to-create-the-habit-of-writing/ This, friends, is the linchpin: if you can create the habit of writing, you’ve got a wonderful foundation as a writer. If...

http://bubblecow.co.uk/2010/12/a-list-of-book-genres/ was recently browsing in a large bookshop when I can across a section with a sign declaring ‘Dark Fantasy.’ There it was in the cold light of...

http://windedwords.blogspot.com/2010/11/7-rules-part-iii-rejection.html Everyone faces rejection. EVERYONE. The trick is learning how to deal with it. I’m going to put myself out there for censure...

Michelle Brower is an agent with Folio Literary. 1. Go to get feedback on your work in a workshop or instructional setting. Sometimes writers forget that the first and most important step in...

What’s Your Novel’s Log Line? by Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/whats-your-novels-log-line/ The term log line (also spelled log-line and logline) is usually associated with movies, but...

1. Writing is a job. Writing is a job not a vocation or an avocation. If you want to be a success at it, treat it like the most important part of your day. Don’t do it when all else is done. Lots of...

http://www.topbooksales.com/match-your-book-content-with-the-right-editor/ Barbara McNichol I'm interested in working with authors referred by book coaches, book designers, website developers,...

I am working the streets of San Francisco. Nightly, I prowl around Haight-Ashbury and North Beach, the Castro and Tenderloin, Fourth Street and Folsom. I ply my trade with men … as well as women,...

How to write when you've got nothing to say I was never prolific. I used to spend hours staring at a blank screen bleeding words like blood from a stone which I would end up deleting the next day....

How Do I Write a Book? Fiction Writing Tips From a Bestselling Author October 21st, 2010 • Related • Filed Under Filed Under: Books • Female Writers • Fiction • Fiction Writing • Inspiration &...

l Media June 25, 2009 By Lisa Barone Twitter’s strength comes in its ability to connect you with other people and to start real conversations. It’s helped small business owners market to current...

http://www.writersrelief.com/blog/post/Literary-Journals-And-Magazines-What-They-Are-Who-Runs-Them-and-How-They-Benefit-You.aspx Literary Journals And Magazines: What They Are, Who Runs Them, and...

Why You Should Read the Type of Stories You Write http://wordplay-kmweiland.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-you-should-read-type-of-stories-you.html?sms_ss=twitter&at_xt=4d42027d35a2f7a1,0 Aside from...

http://www.sellingbooks.com/top-10-tips-for-free-publicity 1.Write and distribute direct-to-consumer press releases regularly to promote your product, service, cause or issue. 2.To promote your...

By Jason Boog on December 17, 2010 3:55 PM http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1t3SEs/www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/how-timothy-ferriss-hit-the-amazon-bestseller-list_b19441 As of this writing, The 4-Hour...