Write The Villain Your Story Deserves As I’ve discussed before, there’s a difference between an antagonist and a villain. Your … More
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3 Tips for Deciding What Point-of-View to Use
Picking a POV All The New Things This has been a weird week for me. Between Amazon Prime Day last … More
5 Writing Tips for Making Fantasy Feel ‘Real’
If you ask a group of writers how they approach a part of their writing process, you’re going to get … More
Agents and Editors Share–Pitches We’re Sick Of!
What do agents want? What are publishers sick of? At Balticon52, I got the opportunity to hear a few of the industry leaders voice their opinions.
The panel was entitled “Pitches We’re Sick Of (And One’s We’d Like To See More Of), but since that’s not enough to fill an hour, it turned into a Question and Answer session.
Happy Independence Day!
Even if Americans can’t all agree on values, priorities, or who’s right (clearly: ME), I still have hope for a … More
What Good Is An Agent? Answers From Writers.
https://youtu.be/8bsDxJ7awgM%5BPrevious related topics: Why? How? What? ] If you’ve been paying attention to the literary agency world in the last … More
Top 4 Questions From An Editors & Publishers AMA (Ask Me Anything)
Today, I share what award-winning Science-fiction and Fantasy Editors and Publishers had to say about:
- Their Biggest Pet Peeves
- Pen Names
- How the Market Has Changed In The Last 10 Years
- Where Querying Writers Lose Them
Tips For Sustaining Tension In Your Writing
Last week, I talked about giving characters agency, but that’s not all editors and agents request. Another thing they ask … More
How To Find An Agent For Your Novel
I talk a lot about my querying process, but one thing I haven’t talked as much about is HOW to find the agent in the first place.
It takes a bit of research, but most of us writers are pretty comfortable with research, especially if it means we’re putting our manuscript in front of the ‘right’ person. It’s a little time consuming, but ultimately not usually challenging.
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Step One: Pick a list of literary agents
Where can you find a list of literary agents? All over the place.
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