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What to Look for in Query Guidelines for Novels

June 6, 2019 By: Jason Bougger

Every agent and publisher has different submission or query guidelines, but there are a few questions you should ask yourself before you submit to make sure you have everything covered.

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 […]

What to Look for in Short Story Submission Guidelines

June 5, 2019 By: Jason Bougger

Submission guidelines: Just read them and do what they say, right? Right! Thanks for reading. … … Okay, so there’s a little more to it than that. And honestly, as I can tell you from my experience with Theme of Absence, some writers really seem like they don’t read the guidelines at all. And I […]

Podcast Episode 77 – Proofreading

May 27, 2019 By: Jason Bougger

In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott take a look proofreading, what makes it different than revising, and share some tips on how to proofread.

In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott take a look proofreading, what makes it different than revising, and share some tips on how to proofread. Click the link below to stream the episode. Also available on iTunes, Google Play, Blubrry, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, TuneIn, Overcast, YouTube, or your favorite RSS […]

Five Links Friday 5/10/19

May 10, 2019 By: Jason Bougger

The Best Articles I Read About Writing This Week

Yikes, this month is already flying by. Hope you’re having a good one so far. Here’s another edition of Five Links Friday! 1. Let’s start off this week with a look at Book Publishing Contracts by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala. 2. Now onto the craft, here’s a post on Killing Your Darlings by Nat Russo. 3. […]

Five Links Friday 3/1/19

March 1, 2019 By: Jason Bougger

The Best Articles I Read About Writing This Week

Bleh, it’s already March…..wait a minute, March is like my second favorite month, so Yay! It’s already March! Heh heh. Here are five links for ya. 1. Let’s start with an insightful post by Janice Hardy on Choosing the Right Words for the Scene. 2. Write to Done has a cool infograph with 18 Famous […]

Five Links Friday 1/11/19

January 11, 2019 By: Jason Bougger

The best articles I read about writing this week.

Friday’s here! I was hoping to post a little more this week, but didn’t quite there. I did, however, make a ton of progress on upcoming my card game, so the week we certainly not a waste. But onto the writing…here are the best articles I read about writing this week. 1. Let’s start with […]

Hitting the target: Finding your audience (and the big mistake I made)

November 20, 2018 By: Jason Bougger

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 […]

To the person who has never written before…

June 25, 2018 By: Jason Bougger

I occasionally run into people who–upon finding out that I write fiction–will say something like “I always wanted to try writing, too” and then I mutter something like “You should…,” and we either change subjects or I start blathering on about my own accomplishments or whatever I’m working on, therefore either appearing to be a […]

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