Sentences with phrase «approaching editors and agents»

Get step - by - step advice on finding and approaching editors and agents; preparing query letters and book proposals; and marketing and promoting your work.

Whether you've finished your manuscript or just have the seeds of a book idea, Publishing 101 shows you how to approach editors and agents with your work, while avoiding the common pitfalls of first - time authorship.

Not exact matches

In this workshop, you will learn not only what's trending in the current marketplace, but how to research an agent / editor that best suits your needs, and the proper ways to approach them.

Editors and agents work directly to help shape the participants» query letters, pitches, and manuscripts, and I really enjoyed this hands - on approach.

You'll have a much better chance approaching a different agent or editor — or writing a new and even better book!

Even those writers who sell their first book to the very first editor their agent approaches, often look back on the way they became an author and are surprised at how winding the road was.

However if you are a new author looking to approach an agent, Twitter is a very useful tool to enable you to get to know an agent or editors likes and dislikes, but it is NOT the place to query an agent.

One of the many benefits of the literary agent is that they know the book market and what areas and genres editors specialise in; this means that they know the editors to approach with regards to your particular book.

She had spent months developing it, had it critiqued by beta - reader buddies and really believed it was ready, but it took 4 more drafts before I thought it was anywhere near time to choose to self - publish or approach editors / agents, whatever is her choice.

Bestselling agent Andrew Lownie says there are three elements to selling books to publishers: 1) an agency needs to have saleable books in the first place; 2) the proposals need to be the best they can be; and 3) one needs to know the right editors to approach and not give up too easily.

Learning about the Author Training process has given me more confidence to approach agents and editors.

She crafts high - impact career literature — resumes, LinkedIn profiles, cover letters, E-notes, executive bios, and more — approaching each project not only as a twice - certified resume writer but as an international business insider with 10 + years» experience working closely with top - brass international businesses in Spain, as a former hiring agent, and as a former editor for the European Commission.