As is one of the perks of my job, I often get to read my clients’ manuscripts at a relatively early stage — if it’s material that hasn’t sold yet, well before anyone else knows how awesome it is, but also, when we’re talking about books already under contract, either with or sometimes even more [...]
In the theme of resubmitting, revisions, and repeats, a re-post of one of my favorite pairs of shoes I’ve featured on this blog. And so on to Lisa, who asks:
Hi! I’ve sent out a several queries for my novel and have received quite a few requests for partials but never, after sending these sample [...]
I love these shoes. When I think of shoes to illustrate a post about editors, these are the ones that come to mind. And speaking of editors, (Not Intern) Jenny asks:
Do you work as an editor on in-progress stories? I understand that proposed non-fiction does not necessarily have to be complete. Memoir, however, [...]
Greetings from the Black Hole of Editorial Revisions!
For the first-time author, the path to publication can feel like you’ve been sucked into a black hole of unknowns after you write the words ‘The End’. You’ve written a novel, now what? There are certain milestones of which most writers are aware as they [...]
Super fly shoes for Superfly, who’s sent us the following question:
I write middle grade novels and also have written and illustrated a picture book. I have sent queries out to agents for both projects at different times and had some interest. I have a few fulls and partials out for my middle grade [...]
