Wanna Get Published? Query Help.

If you read editor and agent blogs, you know there is no short cut around writing a query letter. It shouldn’t be that hard – it’s a one page sales letter for your book. But the stakes are high, so it is worth your time and best effort.
Need help?
Try reading Query Shark – http://queryshark.blogspot.com/
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(Sshhh… it’s not really a secret at all!)
The nice thing about successful people, in any industry, is they usually like to talk about how they succeeded. They’ll share their trials, their story, their tips, and what they did to reach their dream. Sometimes they put all this into a book for us to read.
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Last night I mixed concord grape juice for my kids and had to stop to enjoy the sweet smell of a crisp, early autumn morning and home grown grapes squishing on my tongue. Actually that was the memory that hit me just then. Smells can be a complex memory full of back story and meaning. [...]

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Coffee Time Romance reviewed my book and said, “A Cowboy for Christmas is a great romance for the holidays or anytime you like. A bit fun and flirty read that will not disappoint.”
Read the full review here.
When her estranged brother passes, Missy is suddenly an unwanted co-owner to Ocean View Stables by Florence, Oregon. [...]

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Everyone talks about “writer’s block,” but overload is a serious problem these days too. I have a novel I’m submitting to publishers, another I’m revising, another I’m working on here and there and still another sitting on the back burner. I’ve decided I really need to commit to finishing one revision before moving on.
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One of the biggest questions new authors have is how long to make their novel. Switching genres also means you might be in the dark on length. Chuck Sambuchino says 80,000 to 89,999 is the safe range for most first novels, and he gives word counts for Sci-fi, YA, children’s and more at:
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For authors looking to self publish their work and reach readers around the world, Bravado Publishing has good news… Bravado Publishing is widening its distribution to several foreign countries. Titles are already listed with online booksellers for worldwide access, but starting next month (November 2009) titles will be automatically listed through local book distributors [...]

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This post could also be called, “The Real Difference,” meaning the difference between traditionally published books and self published.
There’s a refining process that some self published books don’t go through: editing, proofing, professional formatting and cover design. A publishing house will send a book through 2 edits: a story edit and then a line [...]

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Imagine a friend recommends a new book to you but your favorite bookstore doesn’t have it. So you simple visit the Espresso Book Machine and print up a copy in under ten minutes. What? Science Fiction? No, it’s the future and PRESENT of book publishing. There is one of these Espresso Book Machines at [...]

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I got an email from Writer’s Digest today about self publishing. In it, the newsletter’s editor Brian A. Klems says, “Self-publishing is a heated topic in the publishing industry. Some scoff at the notion—treating it as if it were below them or a joke—while others consider it the way of the future. So which is [...]

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