know I’ve answered this in drips and drabs throughout my discussions on getting an agent, but I figured I’d address this head on, today.
What is ‘traditional’ publishing, the steps necessary, and who the traditional publishers are.
What the other options are.
And why I still wanna go traditional, at least for now.
Week In Review: September 17
Making sure you never miss a blogpost, podcast, video, or event with Morgan at it!
This week, I’m sharing the why I <3 writing, how I almost flubbed my logline, livestreamed query rewrites w/my friend Patrick, and an interview with emerging Portuguese SciFi author Bruno Martins Soares!
Check out this week’s round up!
Loglines versus Queries
After a resounding round of form rejections, I took a step back, revamped my query and synopsis, and am now getting back into the query trenches.
You’d think I know querying forward and backward — and I do, when I stop to think about it. But, recently, one of the query submission forms asked for a one-sentence pitch — a logline — I almost flubbed it!
Author Spotlight: Bruno Martins Soares
Today’s Author Spotlight guest is Bruno Martins Soares!
an emerging Portuguese SciFi writer
He’s sharing writing tips and more!
Week In Review: September 10
Making sure you never miss a blogpost, podcast, video, or event with Morgan at it!
This week, I’m sharing the 4 components necessary to bring a scene to life, tips on writing/illustrating comics, livestreamed query rewrites w/my friend Patrick, and an interview with spec fiction author William R. Humble!
Check out this week’s round up.
Writing / Illustrating Comics!
The panel promised, “learn the ins and outs of what goes into creating a great comic book!”
While I’m not an artist, and have never been drawn to creating graphic novels, I’m a huge fan of web comics and fan of comics. So, I had to hit this panel.
Here are the tips they shared.
Author Spotlight: William R. Humble
This week’s Author Spotlight guest is William R. Humble!
William R. Humble is a transporter of the adventurous into speculative fiction realms with dual focuses on sci-fi and fantasy. So far, all people thus transported have returned safe and sound. Except Bob. We don’t talk about Bob.
Week In Review: September 3
Making sure you never miss a blogpost, podcast, video, or event with Morgan at it!
This week, I’m sharing my method for beta-reading, how to balance life and writing, and an interview with fantasy author Cully Mack!
Check out this week’s round up.
A Writer’s Two Worlds
In the dream world, we’d sit in front of notebooks and words would flow to the pages, never needing edits or revisions, and nothing would ever interrupt us.
Unfortunately, this is the real world. Here are tips on managing to get your writing in, and ways to support your writing.