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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? Oh, but there is! Use the Black Belt method -- maximum effect for minimal effort. Interconnect your entire internet presence and build sales through maintaining contact with your growing audience. Just released: The Black Belt Guide to Internet Presence. Check it out under the ebooks tab to the left. Get control of your time again! |
Unpublished?
It's not your fault. Most of what you've been taught about writing a novel is wrong.
If you're like most unpublished writers, you're used to people lying to you. You know who I mean: the conferences and coaches and rip-off agencies who promise you that all you need is an introduction to an agent or editor, or a "polish" by their experienced staff. They're the ones that tell you that editors won't look at a manuscript that hasn't been professionally edited. None of this is true. At some level, whether you're willing to admit it or not, you know that. They're selling false hope and preying on those cognitive dissonances that exist in every writer. Are you ready for the truth? Hi. I'm Cyn Mobley and I've made my living as a writer for almost fifteen years now. I've been published by about half of the big New York publishers, in both fiction and nonfiction, and I run a few small press imprints myself. I know what it takes to get published. Click READ MORE if you want to learn more about BAMWriters. Or scroll on down to read some ground truth about being a writer. |
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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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