by Anne R. Allen I've been looking over some of my much - rejected
early novels recently and discovered they have something in common with a lot of other unpublished fiction: way too much dialogue.
Not exact matches
Amanda Hocking — who became the poster child for self - publishing on the Kindle after she made more than $ 2 million from a series of young - adult
novels she wrote and published in the past year — signed a $ 2 - million deal
earlier this year with St. Martin's Press, a unit of publishing giant Macmillan, to write a new series of young - adult
novels (my colleague Cyndy Aleo wrote a series of posts
recently based on her interviews with several young authors about the changes in the industry).
I
recently handled the movie tie - in edition for a blockbuster movie that's coming out this summer, and I'm extremely excited about The Secret Year by Jennifer Hubbard, which is a stunning YA debut
novel that will come out in
early 2010.
In the
early 1990s Preston and Child teamed up to write suspense
novels; Relic was the first, followed by several others, including Riptide, Thunderhead and, more
recently, Fever Dream and Two Graves.
I also wrote another post on Jodi Picoult's
recently published short story, Leaving Home, and about her
earlier novels that you should check out if you are interested.
His next book, Daphne, a
novel, is out with Norton in
early 2018, and he
recently wore a goat, very much on assignment.