March 28th, 2016
5 Tips to Sustain You in the Query Trenches
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Inspiration | Kathryn Craft | Publishing
Kathryn Craft
Turning Whine Into Gold
Writing bestows faith. It’s easy to believe we might succeed when with each draft we can see our work improving. So it makes sense that we unravel a bit when we must trust that we have done enough, and it is time to query.… Read the post
July 4th, 2014
Submission Tip Checklist: Double-Check These 16 Things Before Sending Your Book Out
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Blogging Guests | Chuck Sambuchino | Craft
The time has come. Your novel or memoir or book proposal is now complete. Not only is it complete, you’ve revised it several times and incorporated the critical ideas of peers and editors to make it better. You’ve developed a list of agents to target and researched each one.… Read the post
January 16th, 2013
WITS Throwdown - Query Strategy: Narrow Focus or Scattergun? Part 2 (or the correct way)
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Craft | Miscellaneous | Publishing
Last week you heard Fae explain her query technique. While she takes a conservative approach, I have a slightly - okay, drastically - different method.
For me, it's a numbers game.
Now that doesn't mean toss an entire package of spaghetti in the air and hope something sticks.… Read the post
January 9th, 2013
WITS Throwdown: Query Strategy-Narrow Focus vs Scattergun?
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Publishing | This week at Crit Group
by Fae Rowen
Well, Laura Drake, AKA The Queen of Querying, finally helped me into the big scary world of querying. With both feet. On the first Sunday in December she helped me send out eleven queries.
Those of you who love to query will think , "Eleven queries?… Read the post
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