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Will someone remind me that the next time I blog I need to write about happy things? Why is it I am always coming up with such upbeat themes…
By Wendy Lawton on Jul 16, 2010 in Blog, Writing Life | 13 Comments
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I keep revealing these potentially career killing comments I’ve recently heard from editors. To put them into perspective, ninety-nine out of a hundred comments I hear from editors are…
By Wendy Lawton on Jul 15, 2010 in Blog, Writing Craft | 12 Comments
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Here’s another comment I recently heard from a frustrated editor talking about a writer: “I just wish he would spend less time networking—Twittering and Facebooking— and more time writing…
By Wendy Lawton on Jul 14, 2010 in Blog, Social Networking, Writing Craft | 11 Comments
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Last week I spoke to an editor about a potential client who published a recent nonfiction book with their publishing house. Here’s what the editor said, “The manuscript took us…
By Wendy Lawton on Jul 13, 2010 in Blog, Writing Craft | 22 Comments
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Yesterday was the 50th Anniversary of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. It’s the perfect time to look at becoming a master of the craft of writing.
This week we’re going…
By Wendy Lawton on Jul 12, 2010 in Writing Craft, Writing Life | 28 Comments
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So while you are waiting we’ve had you perfecting your craft, building your inventory, setting up your infrastructure and pre-marketing. Now comes one of the most important things for…
By Wendy Lawton on Jun 11, 2010 in Authors, Blog, Writing Life | 12 Comments
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Last week agent-extraordinaire, Janet Kobobel Grant, tweeted, “If you want anyone in publishing to take you seriously, you need to have a good-looking website that centers on you as…
By Wendy Lawton on Jun 10, 2010 in Blog, Marketing & Publicity | 23 Comments
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You’ve got queries and proposals circulating. You’re writing new books. Is there anything else to be done while you wait?
Goodness, yes! You need to get your infrastructure set. If…
By Wendy Lawton on Jun 9, 2010 in Blog, Productivity, Writing Life | 15 Comments
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Yesterday I shared Susan Lawson’s journal entry. She, like so many waiting writers, asks what to write next? It’s a valid question. Does one begin the second book in…
By Wendy Lawton on Jun 8, 2010 in Blog, Finding an Agent, Writing Life, query | 13 Comments
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Last time I blogged, I talked about query letter dos and don’ts. Mostly the don’ts. I want to follow that up with the next step–what to do once you’ve got that book done,…
By Wendy Lawton on Jun 7, 2010 in Blog, Finding an Agent, Writing Life, query | 14 Comments
