Yesterday I talked a little about what you should look for when reading the submission guidelines when submitting a short story. On a similar note, I’d like to take a look at query letters for your novel. While similar to that of submitting a short story to a publication, the process of querying an agent […]
Hitting the target: Finding your audience (and the big mistake I made)
Occasionally people will ask how my novel is selling. A personal question, I know, but the answer is always the same: “Well, I’ve still got a day job so that should tell you what you need to know.” But in all seriousness, I know very few writers who are ecstatic about their sales, and even […]
The difference between writing short stories and novels (part 1)
I haven’t written a short story in a long time. So long, I may have only had two kids last time I finished one. Instead, I’ve been working on a couple of novels. Now, you can interpret “working” in whichever way you see fit, but I’ll fess up right now: I’ve been disgusted and horrified […]
Time to move on from your WIP
I’ve been working on a new novel and have actually made some progress on it. It’s always fun to start something fresh and see some real progress. But this post isn’t about the new novel. It’s about my second novel. The unpublished second novel that may never see the other end of a query letter. […]
Podcast Episode 60 – Self-critique of my deleted first chapter
On this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason shares some excerpts of the original (and cut) first chapter of Holy Fudgesicles and why it was cut. Relevant Links: Holy Fudgesicles, Sharon Mignerey About the hosts Jason Bougger lives in Omaha, Nebraska with his wife and kids. He is the author of the YA […]
Things I should have done before my book was released
With the three-year anniversary of Holy Fudgesicles approaching, I’ve been blogging about small press publishing this week, including why I chose to publish with a small press and some of the pros and cons of small publishers. I mentioned that with a small or medium press, you might not get the promoting and marketing that […]
Pros and cons of choosing a small press publisher
As I mentioned yesterday, the three-year anniversary of the release of my first novel is coming up, so this week I’m sharing some of my experiences publishing with a small-to-medium publishing house. All-in-all it’s been a good experience, and I don’t regret signing with Wings. There are a few things I might have done differently, […]
Why (and how) I chose a small press publisher
My first novel was released almost three years ago now. I can’t believe it’s been three years, to be honest. It’s been an interesting experience because while I had been writing short stories and getting a few of them published, people who knew me were kind of like, “eh, whatever,” and didn’t seem to really […]
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