February 8, 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, [...]
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February 7, 2007
Ye Olde Query Letter
I loathe writing. On the other hand I’m a great believer in money.
–S.J. Perelman
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 Many agents aren’t interested in representing unpublished authors.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If you are an unpublished novelist, don’t bother a literary agent or anyone else in the book business until [...]
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