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Archive for February, 2007

The Hunter-Gatherer, Parking Division

Posted by Richard Dooling on February 25th, 2007

Andy Raskin’s Modern Romance piece in Sunday’s New York Times is great for those guys whose fathers took time to teach them the ancient rituals of urban survival: The Hunter-Gatherer, Parking Division - New York Times

Good Books On Publishing

Posted by Richard Dooling on February 8th, 2007

On Writing
Aspiring writers often seek advice about how to find a publisher or a literary agent. Unfortunately, most authors don’t know much about the book business, unless they happen to live and work in the New York publishing world.
For the rest of us, who live in Omaha or Dubuque and don’t know many publishing insiders, […]

How To Query A Literary Agent

Posted by Richard Dooling on February 7th, 2007

“I loathe writing. On the other hand I’m a great believer in money.”
–S.J. Perelman
How To Query A Literary Agent
Many large publishing houses accept only manuscripts submitted by agents. Many agents aren’t interested in representing unpublished authors. So now what?
If you are an unpublished novelist, don’t bother a literary agent or anyone else in the book […]


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