Unpublished?
It's not your fault.
Most of what you've been taught about writing a novel is wrong.
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Click here to learn why:
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Knowledge is power. If you understand how advances and royalties are calculated, you can influence the process. Check out the simple Excel sheets under Free Downloads. They're heavily commented so you'll know what each factor represents. Then play around with the numbers and come up with your strategy. |
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The Black Belt Guide to Internet Presence |
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Going crazy trying to tweet, blog, friend, post and still find time to write? There's just not enough time to do it all, is there? |
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Want some answers?
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Cognitive dissonance: all writers have it. |
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Here are fairly standard royalty rates. You should know these. |
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It's like real estate: location, location, location. Shelf space = sales. |
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You have two paragraphs to accomplish the following: |
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Getting an Agent, Part III |
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The next step is getting an agent to like you and/or your project. What do agents like? Oddly enough, they're almost like real people. |
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Here's the template I use. When I use this format, I average an 85% request for manuscript. |
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Getting an Agent, Part II |
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Do you know the three techniques for approaching an agent? Do you know which ones work best? |
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Is it worth it? An interesting question from a member of our local writing guild. He wrote: |
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Do you know how to make friends with folks in radio? |
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Most writing groups are useless. The blind leading the blind. |
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Why do you want to be published by a big New York house? |
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Cover price x advance orders x royalty rate x 1.3 x .5 x.6 = advance |
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The question I get most often is, "How do I find time to write?" |
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Getting an Agent, Part IV |
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You should already know that nonfiction is sold based on a proposal... |
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If you're not structuring your projects from the beginning, you're wasting time. |
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Here are the hard facts: an agent gets 100-200 query letters every week. Around 75% are hopeless. |
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