"After careful consideration…" That was how the email for my first rejection started. After carefully considering the options for the first book in my YA supernatural series, I had decided to find an agent. Having already had the manuscript professionally assessed by an editor who told me that it had potential and was suitable for …
If you’re planning to shop your book around, you’re going to need a synopsis. I started writing one when my first manuscript was complete and I was ready to find an agent. Strangely, even though at this point you’ll know your book inside out, writing the synopsis can be harder than writing the book. I …
If you’ve decided to go the traditional path to publishing, query letters are something you’ll have to master. To say the thought of writing a query letter overwhelmed me is an understatement. It’s a scary step, and one that any Google search will tell you is vitally important that you get right. Along with the …
So you’ve done it. You’ve written your first book, had favorable feedback from everyone you’ve shown it to, and spell-checked it for the millionth time. Now all that’s left to do is send it off to an agent or publisher, right? The answer is of course, yes, but before you do you might want to …
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