In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott talk about the process of seeking a literary agent to represent your novel, including writing a query letter and a synopsis. Relevant links: QueryTracker.net, Writer’s Digest, Holy Fudgesicles Click the link below to stream the episode. Also available at iTunes, Soundcloud, RSS and […]
Three Awesome Writing Resources
There are so many good resources for writers out there: some free, and some available for a small fee. I’d like to talk about three of the best when it comes to finding publishers and agents. I’ve mentioned these off and on throughout the last few years blogging, but I thought it would be a […]
Five Links Friday 4/14/17
And the weekend is here. Hopefully this one will be a little more laid back, as we’ve had some pretty crazy weekends as of late. At least things are never boring. Here is another set of Five Links Friday. Enjoy the weekend! 1. Mythic Scribes has another great post on pacing: What Plot and Poker […]
Writing a Synopsis for Your Novel
Now that you’ve read through your novel a few times and are pretty happy with how things look, it’s time to work on your query letter and synopsis. If you’re seeking a traditional publishing deal, this is a necessary step, but I’ll be frank with you: It isn’t very fun. What is a synopsis? So […]
March Progress Report and April Goals 2017
Hey, it’s April already! The year is flying by. March was a cool month. As I’ve mentioned in an earlier post, we welcomed the latest edition to our family in March and he’s doing great. As you can imagine, when you bring home a newborn, everything else slows down a bit, but that’s totally okay. […]
Your writing is your business. Treat it that way.
Here’s the thing. If you’re a writer and you hope to become a successful writer, then you need to view your writing as a business. I know, I’ve said that before, but this time I’m not talking about all the businessy things you need to do as a writer. This time I’m talking about how […]
333 Query Letters. Every Day.
A while back, an agent I follow on Twitter said something that had me flipping my lid. She casually mentioned that she had received over 20,000 queries so far this year. That’s 20-THOUSAND. With a T. I was like, well, if she takes on, say, twenty new clients this year, I would have pretty good […]
5 Questions About Query Letters
I often talk about how rejection letters don’t usually bother me. In some sense I even view them as a minor success since each rejection reminds me that at least I have a story finished. There is a lot you can learn from short story rejections and if you view them as a tool to […]