Sentences with phrase «by agents or editors»

If anything, in these cases, is it possible that the digital disruption appears to them (the complainers) to be a chance for them to somehow avenge the wrongs they feel they've been done (presumably when rejected by agents or editors, etc.)?

A second way self - published books get discovered is by agents or editors watching lists on Amazon.

By not having the work hand - selected by an agent or editor as marketable, the author is somehow less likely to write coherently or to create a decent plotline.

Not exact matches

Whether you're pitching your proposal to agents, waiting as your agent pitches your proposal to publishers, or standing by as editors and designers and marketing departments work their magic on your manuscript, the process is long and the wait can be frustrating.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware I often receive questions from writers who are looking to hire an independent editor to polish their manuscripts, either for self - publication or for submission to agents and publishers, and want to know w... -LSB-...]

Become a writer that wows a prospective agent or editor by enhancing your manuscript and proposal submission with targeted editing geared to make your submission shine above the competition.

Please tell us if the manuscript has been submitted to editors and / or publishers by yourself or another agent.

For newbies you are right as every new author needs to write, write, write for at least four years, time it takes to get a PhD in Letters before even submitting material to an agent or editor, but once any writer KNOWS intuitively that his or her novel is as good or better than James Patterson (pretty easy to better this guy) and he or she has had the novel vetted by a good independent editor / ghost writer like myself, the ebooks are the way to go, period.

An author's worst fear can be about getting their work edited or critiqued by an editor, an agent, or even a critique group.

By entering this contest, the author, agent, or publisher assert that he or she agrees with the Statement of Faith on the Christian Editor Connection website.

In today's publishing world, more and more people are using freelance professional book editors, people unencumbered by the responsibilities of selling your book like agents and publishing house editors — whether to book chains, sales teams, or (in the case of agents) editors at publishing houses.

You say that «vetting» doesn't have to be done by editors or agents, and vetting in writer's groups counts, so why would you assume that «most» self - published writers do not belong to a writer's group?

Now it's time to articulate your plans for selling your book by including the marketing and publicity plan that will grab the attention of an agent or editor.

Acquisitions editors are paid a salary by the publishing house, not by the author or the agent.

Unless you're Stephen King or George R. R. Martin: an agent's rejection slip followed by a suggestion to find a good editor.

If you're relatively new at writing fiction for publication, whether you plan to publish your novel yourself or query agents, it's a good idea (essential, really) to get your manuscript edited by a respected freelance fiction editor, preferably one who reads and edits your genre.

For each amazingly handled book that went through that process, there were probably 100 books of the same calibre that didn't make it past the initial stages of securing an agent or getting their work looked at by acquiring editors.

In the next month or two, we will write a blog post about how to write a strong non-fiction query letter that will get you noticed by agents and editors.

Pro: Your short story collection can boost your author platform by generating interest in all your writing projects, whether they're self - published or being submitted to agents and editors.

You'll probably have your work read by a publishing professional (many contests have an agent or editor to judge the final round), who can give you invaluable feedback.

Professional editors, agents, publishers, and readers will get distracted by your unnecessary insertion of en - or em - dashes, overuse of commas, and misplacement of semi-colons.

When I started writing A Promise of Fire over five years ago now, there was a good chance this manuscript would end up like my other works of fiction: perhaps unfinished, never seen by anyone but me, definitely never presented to agents or editors and using up space on my hard drive in a folder with a misleading enough name that hopefully no one would ever open it and stumble upon my first (and sometimes hilarious) attempts at writing a novel.

Because their script was plucked off Amazon by the professional readers for publishers / agents, into the new slush pile and passed onto the senior or junior editor at an agency or publishing house.

By contrast, the upfront costs of the legacy route tend to be relatively modest (if you don't include time spent mailing out query letters and manuscripts, and waiting, perhaps permanently, to hear from an agent or editor).

This year, we have 15 sessions to choose from, monitored by an attending agent or editor.

Editors are well aware of how many incompetent and / or fraudulent agents there are; it's one of many reasons they prefer to work with agents they know, personally or by reputation.

With the exception of the one or two of us, those whose work is picked up by the first agent or editor they send it to, most of us will face some rejection.

Most authors go through the submission process by querying to agents and / or editors, which could be grueling and a long process in itself.

My first book is called «Dead and Buryd», and when I was writing it and had it at the finished stage (by that I mean I was finished with it — I couldn't go any further without the input of an editor or agent), I started looking around at my options.

It is critical that all errors, such as those listed above, are fixed by your editor before you send your manuscript off to a publisher or agent.

But I hope that if I query 300 agents and NONE of them thinks they can sell my book, by then I'll have saved up enough money to hire a good editor to tell me whether the fault is in the business or my writing.

FWA only pays air transportation for Featured Faculty: agents, acquisition editors, best - selling authors and other special guests invited by the FWA Faculty Chairperson or the FWA Conference Director.

I have read more than one article addressing this issue, usually written by an editor or agent.

It seems to me that in decades past, an author interview almost always included some story of the writer's closeness to either an editor, an agent, or both — patience worn thin, arguments that broke through to epiphanies, real influence on the work by these representatives, whose business, then, lay so much closer to the writing, itself.

So if you're like me and have projects outside the scope of the agent / editor contractual or personal obligations you have, then by all means, it seems to make sense to try another revenue stream.

1 Structure, Plan and Write 1.1 Turning Real Life Into Fiction 1.2 Kurt Vonnegut on the The Shapes of Stories 1.3 The 12 Key Pillars of Novel Construction 1.4 Plot Worksheets to Help You Organize Your Thoughts 1.5 The Snowflake Method For Designing A Novel 1.6 Seven Tips From Ernest Hemingway on How to Write Fiction 1.7 Study the Writing Habits of Ernest Hemingway 1.8 Making Your Characters Come Alive 1.9 Vision, Voice and Vulnerability 1.10 10 Points on Craft by Barry Eisler 1.11 Coming up with Character Names 1.12 Using the Right «Camera Angle» for Your Writing 1.13 The Art of «Layering» in Fiction Writing 1.14 Weaving Humor Into Your Stories 1.15 On Telling Better Stories 1.16 The 25 Best Opening Lines in Western Literature 1.17 6 Ways to Hook Your Readers from the Very First Line 1.18 Plot Development: Climax, Resolution, and Your Main Character 1.19 How to Finish A Novel 2 Get Feedback 2.1 Finding Beta Readers 2.2 Understanding the Role of Beta Readers 2.3 Find Readers By Writing Fan Fiction 2.4 How Fan Fiction Can Make You a Better Writer 3 Edit Your Book 3.1 Find an Editor 3.2 Directory of Book Editors 3.3 Self Editing for Fiction Writers 3.4 The Top Ten Book Self Editing Tips 3.5 Advice for self - editing your novel 3.6 Tips on How to Edit a Book 4 Format and Package Your Book 4.1 The Thinking That Goes Into Making a Book Cover 4.2 Design Your Book Cover 4.3 Format Your Book 4.4 Choosing a Title for Your Fiction Book 5 Publish 5.1 A Listing of Scams and Alerts from Writers Beware 5.2 Publishing Advice from JA Konrath 5.3 How to Find a Literary Agent 5.4 Understanding Literary Agents 5.5 Association of Authors» Representatives 5.6 Self - Publishing Versus Traditional Publishing 5.7 Lulu, Lightning Source or Create Spacby Barry Eisler 1.11 Coming up with Character Names 1.12 Using the Right «Camera Angle» for Your Writing 1.13 The Art of «Layering» in Fiction Writing 1.14 Weaving Humor Into Your Stories 1.15 On Telling Better Stories 1.16 The 25 Best Opening Lines in Western Literature 1.17 6 Ways to Hook Your Readers from the Very First Line 1.18 Plot Development: Climax, Resolution, and Your Main Character 1.19 How to Finish A Novel 2 Get Feedback 2.1 Finding Beta Readers 2.2 Understanding the Role of Beta Readers 2.3 Find Readers By Writing Fan Fiction 2.4 How Fan Fiction Can Make You a Better Writer 3 Edit Your Book 3.1 Find an Editor 3.2 Directory of Book Editors 3.3 Self Editing for Fiction Writers 3.4 The Top Ten Book Self Editing Tips 3.5 Advice for self - editing your novel 3.6 Tips on How to Edit a Book 4 Format and Package Your Book 4.1 The Thinking That Goes Into Making a Book Cover 4.2 Design Your Book Cover 4.3 Format Your Book 4.4 Choosing a Title for Your Fiction Book 5 Publish 5.1 A Listing of Scams and Alerts from Writers Beware 5.2 Publishing Advice from JA Konrath 5.3 How to Find a Literary Agent 5.4 Understanding Literary Agents 5.5 Association of Authors» Representatives 5.6 Self - Publishing Versus Traditional Publishing 5.7 Lulu, Lightning Source or Create SpacBy Writing Fan Fiction 2.4 How Fan Fiction Can Make You a Better Writer 3 Edit Your Book 3.1 Find an Editor 3.2 Directory of Book Editors 3.3 Self Editing for Fiction Writers 3.4 The Top Ten Book Self Editing Tips 3.5 Advice for self - editing your novel 3.6 Tips on How to Edit a Book 4 Format and Package Your Book 4.1 The Thinking That Goes Into Making a Book Cover 4.2 Design Your Book Cover 4.3 Format Your Book 4.4 Choosing a Title for Your Fiction Book 5 Publish 5.1 A Listing of Scams and Alerts from Writers Beware 5.2 Publishing Advice from JA Konrath 5.3 How to Find a Literary Agent 5.4 Understanding Literary Agents 5.5 Association of Authors» Representatives 5.6 Self - Publishing Versus Traditional Publishing 5.7 Lulu, Lightning Source or Create Space?

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.

Oh and by the way, addressing the EIR (Elephant in the Room, aka Jeff Bezos, Amazon and company), when editors, agents and publishers I've worked with for years forgot to call or email me back on so many occasions, one email, eight hours later, garnered a call from the Jeff Bezos executive team to see how they might expedite my self - published cookbook when I encountered a snag.

The query letter is a stand - alone letter that goes by itself to the editor / agent without a proposal or sample chapters.

If you want your book to be published by a traditional publishing house, it is much, much harder to get an editor to look at your book proposal or manuscript if you don't have an agent.

You know, the one we hit to find the greatest story ever written, most savvy agent, or big publishing house editor who is floored by our writing.

Many of the published authors I know have sought representation elsewhere, such as the US or UK, or have attracted the attention of editors via competitions and only become agented once they have a publisher's interest, and yet several of these have become internationally best - selling authors — though their names continue to be barely recognised in Australia, except by devoted fans.

A FREE EXTRA critique by a top agent or editor.

Peer review may be harder to satisfy; traditionally - published authors are, of course, «reviewed» by agents and editors before the book is released, but self - published works aren't necessarily seen (or screened) by professional eyes before the book is published (which is one reason why some of them are so badly written, copy - edited, and / or proofread.)

As my editing work has evolved with a variety of writers, I've noticed the great need by authors of non-fiction to create effective book proposals, and how important the chapter outlines are to the agent or editor considering the project.

Yeah, there's a lot of talk about the industry and whether all this self - publishing is slowly killing the agency model, and whether or not the market will be flooded with the slushpile that is normally stopped by agents and editors.

By making sure your site is findable, useable, shopable, shareable, professional, informative and fun, you'll create an experience your website visitors will want to repeat, whether they're agents, editors or readers.

As an acquisitions editor, I frequently receive manuscripts that the author or agent inform me have been professionally edited or co-authored by a hired writer.

I've read agent blogs that say not to bother mentioning, in a query, that your manuscript has been professionally edited because they'll have no idea if it was done by a reputable editor or not.

The best way to find a capable editor is by asking other authors or agents or taking a look at some similar books to see if an editor is listed in the acknowledgments.