How to Land a Nonfiction Magazine Assignment… And Get Asked to Write a Second...
During this month, we will explore a variety of nonfiction forms. For the next few days, however, we will take a closer look at journalistic endeavors. Many nonfiction writers have aspirations of...
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All Quiet on the WNFIN Front…Not Really
If you’ve been wondering why it’s been so quiet here, let me explain. I’m getting ready for a change…and I thought it would happen a while ago…but it’s taking longer than expected. Earlier this month I...
View ArticlePublishing Mentor Tip: Submit Your Work Regularly
Submitting your work ensures publishing success. I’ve heard it said that you can’t win the lottery if you don’t purchase a ticket. In much the same way, your writing will never be published if you...
View ArticleQuery Letters: The Hook, the Book and the Cook
For those WNFIN participants writing books, once you have at least 25 or 30 pages completed and you know what content will comprise the rest of your manuscript, you can think about composing a query...
View ArticleQuery Letters: Avoiding “The Oops Factor”
Today Mike Larsen, a literary agent and author of How to Write a Book Proposal and How to Get a Literary Agent, offers another post on how to write a successful query letter–one that can gain the...
View ArticleHow to get your query or proposal accepted
Do your queries and proposals come back rejected? Do you receive form letters giving you vague reasons why your work isn’t acceptable? Have you considered…changing something? If your work gets rejected...
View Article10 Things Writers Can Do While Waiting for a Response
Writers spend a lot of time waiting for responses…from publications, from agents, from acquisition editors. Waiting can leave us immobilized. We can find ourselves twiddling our thumbs anxiously in...
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What Query Letter Errors Mean to an Agent
The adage says, “You only get one chance to make a first impression.” For writers, that first impression often gets made not in person but in writing with a query letter. In that document, which is...
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Nine Tips for Effective Query Letters
If your dream of authorship includes traditional publishing, at some point you will need to approach a literary agent to try and obtain representation. Only small, independent publishing houses accept...
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How to Deal with Rejection
Copyright denisismagilov|fotolia.comRejection. It’s part and parcel of a writer’s life—at least if you plan to become a published writer. Let’s face it, though; it’s never easy to receive a rejection...
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