The writer's essential tackle box

getting a hook on the publishing industry

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Table of Contents

Agents
The book review
Marketing and sales
Book shepherd
Bookstore events
Cover design
Distributor
Independent editor
Warehouse distribution
Internet resources
Publicists
Websites
Before you bait your hook
Myth busting
The log line
The pitch
Author bio : creating something from nothing
Word count
The snooze-less query letter
The s-s-sy-sy-synopsis
Submissions advice
Apres le query/submission
Rejection
"So why did you reject me?"
The promotion plan
Publishers are not created equally
The players
Print on demand : POD
Questions every writer should ask a publisher before querying
Vanity/subsidy publication : pay to play
When a manuscript feels sick
Punctuation beerfest
Submission autopsy. Part 1, Show vs. tell
Submission autopsy. Part 2, Backstory, fluff and good intentions
Submission autopsy. Part 3, Dialog tags
Submission autopsy. Part 4, POV
Physical descriptions in blocks of text : watch out for those bosoms
Survival style guide
Watchful writing : mind your characters
Do miracles happen?

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Lake Forest, Calif
Genre
Interviews

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
070.5/2
Library of Congress
PN161 .P75 2009, PN161.P75 2009, PN161 .P75 2010

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Pagination
p. cm.

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Open Library
OL23197299M
Internet Archive
writersessential0000pric
ISBN 10
1933016345
ISBN 13
9781933016344
LCCN
2009012011
OCLC/WorldCat
318057781

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