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Give that Publisher What They Want, Dernit! Finale
I am uber stoker to be able to dig into the wild and crazy brain of someone who is out there doing this crazy publishing stuff professionally. When you read this, you’re gonna want to slap yourself...
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Just how good is the first line of your manuscript?
I recently had the opportunity to chat with a submissions editor (you never know who you’ll run into at a coffee shop) and we had a discussion about first lines of a book, and how important they are. I...
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You’ll never guess what I’m doing today!
About a month ago, I was contacted by a television producer who had been surfing the web and stumbled across my “Gold Mine Manuscript” series of posts from 2011. She thought these topics would be a...
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Lesson One from the Gold Mine Manuscript Mark-Up: Write Without Looking
For an intro into where these tips are coming from, please see my post: A Full Manuscript Rejection, or a Gold Mine? How many times do your characters look at something? Mine do. All the time. I...
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Lesson Five from the Gold Mine Manuscript Red Line: Let’s keep it in the past...
For an intro into where these tips are coming from, please see my post: A Full Manuscript Rejection, or a Gold Mine? I suppose this doesn’t work for those of you who are trying to write your novel in...
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Lesson Six from the Gold Mine Manuscript Red Line: Watch that Voice!...
For an intro into where these tips are coming from, please see my post: A Full Manuscript Rejection, or a Gold Mine? When you are writing, especially if you are writing YA or middle grade, watch the...
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Lesson Twenty-Six from a Manuscript Red Line: CAPITAL LETTERS
2015 note: The post below is a reblog from 2012. I wanted to note that my current publisher Month9Books does allow all caps, but they must be formatted as smallcaps. (Check Word formatting) In...
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Get Your Manuscript Past the Gatekeeper #6: Hook ‘Em and Hook ‘Em Good!
Based on personal experience as a first-reader intern for a literary agency, I’m sharing what can get your manuscript past the gatekeeper (the intern!) and into the hands of the agent. There’s probably...
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Get Your Manuscript Past the Gatekeeper #9: : Pacing and Tension – Too Much...
Based on personal experience as a first-reader intern for a literary agency, I’m sharing what can get your manuscript past the gatekeeper (the intern!) and into the hands of the agent. PACING AND...
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Get Your Manuscript Past the Gatekeeper: Pacing and Tension – Too Much or Too...
Based on personal experience as a first-reader intern for a literary agency, I’m sharing what can get your manuscript past the gatekeeper (the intern!) and into the hands of the agent. PACING AND...
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