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• 6 Questions Your Book Proposal Must Answer

  
  Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel — Authority: 572
  The first step in writing a book to build your personal brand–after researching the topic, of course–is to prepare a book proposal that will convince literary agents and publishers of the commercial feasibility of your book. Proposal as sales tool To succeed, you have to view your book proposal as an ...
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• NaNoWriMo RE: Self Publishing? Good or Evil?

  
  EK's Writing Blog — Authority: 134
  RE: Self Publishing? Good or Evil? Satoru Reid Self Publishing? Good or Evil? 0 / 50,000 Official Participant Joined: Nov 30, 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 4 Posted on: Dec 2, 2009 - 00 00 Hey everyone, Who here has tried self-publishing? If you have tried it tell me ...
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• NaNoWriMo RE: Self Publishing? Good or Evil?

  
  EK's Star Log — Authority: 134
  RE: Self Publishing? Good or Evil? Satoru ReidSelf Publishing? Good or Evil?0 / 50,000Official ParticipantJoined: Nov 30, 2009Location: CanadaPosts: 4Posted on:Dec 2, 2009 – 00 00Hey everyone, Who here has tried self-publishing? If you have tried it tell me what you think about it because I hear self-publishing is ...
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• Friday Fridge Clean-Out: December 4 edition

  
  Lisa Romeo Writes — Authority: 416
  A short list of links this week – hope you find something you like. ► Editorial cartoonist Steve Greenberg on his laid-off, forced-into-freelancing, one year crappy anniversary . Well done. ► Over at Nathan Bransfords blog, the agent is in the tables-turned position of having his own manuscript out on ...
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• V. 3.0 Attendee Polly Alexandre - PUBLISHED on Style Me Pretty!

  
  A Workshop by Jonathan Canlas - Film is Not Dead — Authority: 120
  Polly , who came to the workshop out in San Francisco (ALL THE WAY FROM LONDON!!!), was just featured on the blog Style Me Pretty. Go check out the amazing wedding she shot HERE . And Ive been saving this image to post of Polly from San Francisco for a while now, and here it is. Congrats Polly !!!
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• 10 Fun Things at Writers Digest

  
  There Are No Rules — Authority: 503
  November was a quiet month for me last year on this blog ( becauseI was stuck in Thailand ), and it was a quiet month again this year—but for differentreasons (budgeting!). While Ive been crunching numbers, lots of cool things have been happening at WritersDigest that I didnt get to tell you about, so heres a list ...
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• Self-Publishing: A Different Game in the UK Market

  
  There Are No Rules — Authority: 503
  I received the following note from Jeremy Thompson from Troubador in response to my post about the 3Self-Publishing Paths You Should Understand . For my UK readers, I felt it importantto share. I encourage comments from UK writers on the issue. Dear Jane, I read your WD piece on the three choices for ...
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• Review this book, if you dare. Hernia prevention and weight-loss program advised.

  
  Lisa Romeo Writes — Authority: 416
  In the past, Ive written reviews of memoirs and novels, writing craft books, and even a history of Olympic equestrian sports. Not, however, of cookbooks. But this past July, when an editor asked if I was interested in reviewing a "major new Italian cookbook," I said yes faster than I do to most assignments. Hey, I ...
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• SCBWI Conference 2009: How We Live Now

  
  Notes from the Slush Pile — Authority: 110
  When I first started trying to get published, a friend gave me the worst advice in the world: " Whatever you do, dont show your work to anyone !" The novel was buried under an avalanche of rejections of course. Two years of not showing my work to anyone! What a big waste of time! Realizing that  I had much to ...
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• Why queries probably shouldn’t reference other authors’ works

  
  Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books — Authority: 421
  A query is a page-long letter to an editor or agent asking them to publish or represent your novel (or, rarely, your comic book– Dynamite Entertainment asks for an  ”inquiry letter” before you send the script).  The main aspect of the query letter is a paragraph or two laying out your story and why they ...
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• Janet Reid’s Query Count

  
  Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books — Authority: 421
  Janet Reid tallied up a day’s worth of queries .  (A query is a letter asking an agent to represent your novel).  I’m getting impatient with writers who can’t seem to tell me what their book is about. I get lists of characters, descriptions of setting and events, but nothing about ...
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• What a novelist should know about the publishing industry

  
  Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books — Authority: 421
  This Thanksgiving, I am very grateful for Seth Godin’s advice for authors and Mark Hurst’s secrets of publishing .  These aren’t designed with comic book writers in mind, but a lot of the information is useful for them as well.  (If you’re interested in writing comic books, please read my comment below ...
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• NaNoWriMo RE: Who publishes?

  
  EK's Star Log — Authority: 134
  The question and my answer:Who publishes?[quote=Esmeralda_m]Do any of you go on to publish your books later? [/quote]Always. I started writing short stories in 1978. All of them published via indie-press chapbooks. Though most never had more than 12 or 15 copies made. =P I moved on the adding novels in 2006, and ...
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• NaNoWriMo RE: Who publishes?

  
  EK's Writing Blog — Authority: 134
  The question and my answer: Who publishes? [quote=Esmeralda_m]Do any of you go on to publish your books later? [/quote] Always. I started writing short stories in 1978. All of them published via indie-press chapbooks. Though most never had more than 12 or 15 copies made. =P I moved on the adding novels in ...
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• How Many Pages are Needed for a Brand Building Book?

  
  Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel — Authority: 572
  Are you overestimating the number of pages needed to write a book that successfully builds your personal brand? Many business owners and career-oriented employees who want to write a brand-building book think “too big,” “too comprehensive, and “too many pages.” Too many brand-oriented individuals think ...
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• Harlequins Self-Publishing Venture: Is It the Future of Publishing?

  
  There Are No Rules — Authority: 503
  As I observed the writing communitys reaction to HarlequinHorizons last week, I felt incredible sympathy for the people at Harlequin. Itappears theyve been blind-sided by vitriolic outrage from all sides—unpublished writers,published authors, writers organizations, industry professionals. For those who arent ...
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• 7 Characteristics You Need To Get Published

  
  QueryTracker.net — Authority: 418
  In honor of our swiftly-approaching one-year mark, Im pulling out one of the QueryTracker Blog Teams first posts.  Part of whats fun about the re-post is that I can link to many of the posts weve done over the past year! Agents and editors deal with hundreds of queries, synopses, proposals, and chapters every ...
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• The Cover Is In!

  
  Some Mad Hope — Authority: 119
  There is that feeling when you write that last word on the page, and you know the novel is finished. You look at the document sitting in your computer... you stroke the words on the lined paper in a notebook... you see those last words and think:  I wrote a real book! Then there is a long process - usually very long ...
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• Missy Chochran - V. 3.0 Attendee - PUBLISHED!!!

  
  A Workshop by Jonathan Canlas - Film is Not Dead — Authority: 120
  Missy Cochran , who attended the workshop out in San Fran, recently had a wedding she shot featured on Snippet and Ink ! Check it out HERE . Day 3 of the workshop is totally dedicated to getting your work out there and getting published so it is so great to see it actually happening! Congrats Missy!
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• What goes into a comic book submission?

  
  Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books — Authority: 421
  Short answer: Script of the first issue.  Synopsis of the larger work (either the first issue, arc or series as a whole).  Sample pages inked, colored and lettered.  Here’s a much more detailed look at these three items.  I’ll address these to Dark Horse submissions specifically because I think it’s ...
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