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Lucienne Diver 
I hear an awful lot about self-publishing these days. For some, it works great, like those who have a solid platform and built-in audience, especially if they excel at writing, revising, copyediting, designing covers and lay-out, marketing and all those other things that go along with successful publication. But who among us is talented enough [...]
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Faith Hunter 
Last week, my blog subject was The Idea Editor (hereinafter to be referred to as the IE). Admittedly, it was only my opinion, but I believe in the importance of a good, professionally trained, experienced, NYC publishing house, acquisitions editor. Now, because a couple of people have asked, “What makes the Idea Agent?” I’ll turn [...]
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What does a pitch have that might get you noticed? Most (or even all) of the following:
Genre info.
Date info.
World info.
Character info.
Conflict info.
Resolution info.
Who I am.
Why I should write this book.
Bad pitch: “I’m writing a novel and it’s about this girl? Who falls in love? And the guy hates her, you know? And they have lots [...]
Between the four of us, we discovered that we know a lot of interesting and exciting people in the writing world, and we’ve enjoyed bringing them here to visit with all our readers. Today we’re particularly thrilled to present Lucienne Diver! *wild applause* Take it away, Lucienne!
“Got to Keep ‘em Separated” by [...]
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Misty Massey 
If you’re serious about being published, eventually you’ll attend a writing conference and come face-to-face with an agent or editor. In the same way that following guidelines gives the agent a good impression of you, so does your behavior at a conference. Conferences can be loads of fun, and should be. But like your mama [...]
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Blurb
/blɜrb/:
1. a brief advertisement or announcement, esp. a laudatory one
2. to advertise or praise
Yesterday, in her excellent post on “bait and hook”, Faith mentioned an agent meeting that served as a turning point for Kim Harrison. In the weeks prior to the meeting, Faith spent a good deal of time helping all of [...]