Remember our plaintive wail from the comments column about following directions but still not getting bites?
Well, here's your chance to put actual pages in front of actual beady agent eyes. The Backspace Conference is open for registration, and yes, I will be there to gnaw you till you beg for mercy. Medicinal whisky will be provided of course.
It's going to cost you some dough, and staying in NYC isn't cheap but this conference has a history of getting people published.
And yes, if you're terrified to do this, well, be brave.
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Really? Really??
Incoming query this morning listed three projects. With the statement the author would like a reply for each one individually.
Really?
No.
In case you need it spelled out:
1. You query
2. I read
3. I click either form reply NO or form reply YES.
4. I click "send"
If you query for n+1 projects you get either NO or what we like to call the Mayan reply. (And no it doesn't have anything to do with the end of the world.) You do not get N+1 form reply NOs.
Really?
No.
In case you need it spelled out:
1. You query
2. I read
3. I click either form reply NO or form reply YES.
4. I click "send"
If you query for n+1 projects you get either NO or what we like to call the Mayan reply. (And no it doesn't have anything to do with the end of the world.) You do not get N+1 form reply NOs.
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
I got an ALOT!!!!
How much do I love my Alot? A LOT!!!!
What is an Alot you ask?? (how could you not know this!!!)
Here's where the Alot was born!
What is an Alot you ask?? (how could you not know this!!!)
Here's where the Alot was born!
Sunday, January 01, 2012
If you're writing non-fiction, here are four questions you need to answer
Eric Nelson, executive editor at Wiley is a really smart guy. Of course I follow him on Twitter. Tonight, apropos of nothing, he dropped these helpful hints into the scrum (my guess is he's reading proposals and feeling frustrated.)
If you're writing a nonfiction book, here's a few questions to answer. Like, actually write them down.
#1. What is your best story, and how does it explain the larger argument of your book?
#2. What's a key distinction you draw in the book, and why has no one else drawn it?
#3. What's the key moment in the recent past that made the world the way it is today? (At least the part of the world you're describing.)
#4. Why now? What we do we know now, but didn't 6 months or 6 years ago?
If you're writing a nonfiction book, here's a few questions to answer. Like, actually write them down.
#1. What is your best story, and how does it explain the larger argument of your book?
#2. What's a key distinction you draw in the book, and why has no one else drawn it?
#3. What's the key moment in the recent past that made the world the way it is today? (At least the part of the world you're describing.)
#4. Why now? What we do we know now, but didn't 6 months or 6 years ago?
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