Tag: literary agents
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You can buy twitter followers? The dark side of modern publishing.
What? Call me naive and extremely behind the curve, but what? Is? That? I need to pause and think for a minute. Hmmm. You mean by this afternoon I could be followed by tens of thousands of twitter-heads? Okay. I’ve thought. Here’s my conclusion: if that’s what it takes to succeed in this world, then…
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Are you telling the story you want to tell?
If you are telling the story you want to tell, congratulations. You must feel fulfilled as a writer. As I was compiling my most recent story, I got to the point where I realized I had told everything about this story I had wanted to tell. I would be proud to put my name at…
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An Indie Author Ready for the Future of Publishing
Literary agent Andrew Lownie in THIS article recently stated that he believes that nearly 75% of published books within then next 5-10 years will be self-published. This announcement has certainly turned the writing blog-o-sphere on its nose with both excitement and scorn. Of course, this is mere conjuncture, but even the pronouncement has some broad and interesting…
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I am not chaff. I am a serious writer, thank you.
Elitism always frowns on democratization. I was reading an article which quoted two well-known mainstream authors, who gave their thoughts on the changing face of the publishing industry. One of them said that the traditional publishing model – with all our familiar and well-loved gatekeepers including literary agents and publishing executives (wait, scratch that “well-loved”…
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I’m Building My Platform – Not Yours
I have this habit of picking on literary agents. It is probably not a great habit for a writer to have, but the target on their backs is sometimes so darn irresistible. Perhaps I don’t understand literary agents, and perhaps I never will. But sometimes they seem to say the most ridiculous things. A while…
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I’m sorry literary agents, but I care more about what readers think.
I saw an ad for writers. It said something like this: “For $89, you can get a critique of the first 500 words of your novel by Miss So and So Smarty-Pants Literary Agent. She’ll help you avoid the 20 mistakes you must avoid at all cost if you ever want to get published.” I’m…
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Win a 10-Page Read by a Literary Agent! Yeah, Right.
I received an email from a website advertising their latest book contest that they wanted me, as an indie author, to enter. I have nothing against book contests. I’ve entered some, but it was the grand prize of this contest that made my stomach curl a little. The grand prize was this: two literary agents…
Author Mark W Sasse 