Not sure which genre your novel is? In your mind, hey, it’s a hydrid! Maybe a science fiction/fantasy, or a romance/thriller/time-traveling mystery. Maybe you think that’s a good thing. But if it’s more than one thing, in terms of genre, that’s a problem. Specifically, a marketing problem. Why? Genre is basically a label. It assigns… [Read more…]
February 18, 2008
What people are saying about The New Writer’s Handbook 2007: (To order from Amazon.com, click here.) “. . . from the preface by Erica Jong to the closing piece by Mary Pipher, it surprises and satisfies.” – Library Journal (Starred Review) “. . . a holistic approach in reaching out to new writers, nurturing their… [Read more…]
February 17, 2008
A query letter for a novel must be short. Ideally, just one page. It’s what you send as a first contact to a literary agent (sometimes directly to an editor), often as an email. You hope they will open it, scan it, be intrigued very quickly (and impressed by your writing on that one page),… [Read more…]
The Writer's Handbook
February 29, 2008
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