The Portable Writers Conference
Your Guide to Getting Published
Published on 1. August 2007
426 pages
978-1-61035-112-6 (ISBN)
Description
More than 45 agent, editor, and author-written chapters--called workshops in the book--provide instruction on the writing craft and the business of getting published.
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07/2007
Quill Driver Books, U.S.
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Workshops
- The Mother of all Attitudes
- What fiction writers can learn from football players
- By James N. Frey
- Telling Tales
- A short story workshop
- By Shelly Lowenkopf
- How to Write a Dynamite Love Scene
- Sizzle sells more than just steaks:Learn how to add steam to your novel or short story
- By Suzanne Forster
- Selling Your Novel to An Agent
- Develop a High Concept Pitch to Hear an Agent Say Yes!
- By Adam Marsh
- KEYNOTE
- Literary Agents
- Getting and working with the right one
- By Natasha Kern
- Writing Every Magazine & Newspaper's Staple
- How to craft the feature article
- By Donna Elizabeth Boetig
- Unforgettable
- Seven secrets to creating memorable characters
- By Sara Ann Freed
- Humor Impaired?
- The hows and "wise" of humor for writers
- By Roger Bates
- So, You Want to Be a Columnist?
- Learn what periodical publishers look for and how to supply it
- By Frances Halpern
- Watch Your Language!
- Taking the groan out of grammar and the yuck out of usage
- By Sierra Adare
- Meet a Jerk, Get to Work
- Find your fiction characters and settings in everyday life
- By Jaqueline Girdner
- Once You've Climbed Over the Transom
- A book's progress from proposal to finished book
- By Georgia Hughes
- Writing the Compelling Novel
- How to produce a page-turner
- By Larry Martin
- Write for the Trades
- Mine this 6,000-plus magazine market for clips and cash
- By Mary E. Maurer
- KEYNOTE
- Listen!
- How to use dialogue to light up your characters until they attract readers like moths to a flame
- By Parke Godwin
- Romancing an Editor's Eye
- How to pen the splendiferous salable romance novel
- By Patricia McAllister
- Selling Yourself in a Query Letter
- Not the time to be modest
- By Betsy Mitchell
- Write from Your Roots
- Creating fiction from genealogy
- By Marilyn Meredith
- Write Nonfiction-Using Fiction
- In the tradition of Capote, Mailer and Wolfe, dare to blend fiction with nonfiction and create prose with both substance and verve
- By William Noble
- Your Publishing Options
- Why You Should Consider Self-Publishing
- By Dan Poynter
- KEYNOTE
- How to Write a Nonfiction Book Proposal
- Sell Your Book Before You Write It
- By Stephen Blake Mettee
- Bring Her On and Let Her Scream
- Use colorful description to enliven your nonfiction
- By Thomas Hunter
- The King Is Dead
- Long Live the King
- Your therapist and confidant: The cathartic value of the small press
- By Frederick A. Raborg, Jr.
- Atmosphere, Imagery & Figures of Speech
- Delight your reader with singular images and compelling moods
- By Ardath Mayhar
- Can These Bones Live?
- Writing good period dialogue
- By Leonard Tourney
- KEYNOTE
- Quit Your Day Job?
- Fifteen secrets to running a successful home-based writing business
- By Terri Lonier
- Alternative Presses
- Or: Why am I lying here with a tulip sticking out of my ass?
- By Patrick LoBrutto
- Good Writing + Self-Promotion = Best-Seller
- Thirteen things you can do to help yourself become a best-selling author
- By John Kremer
- Show, Don't Tell
- Turn the cold recital of facts into live vivid scenes
- By Marsh Cassady
- Keys to Crafting Your Nonfiction Book
- By far, most books published are nonfiction. Learn how to join the ranks of successful nonfiction book authors from a pro
- By JoAnn Roe
- KEYNOTE
- Solving the Protagonist Puzzle
- Just sit down at your computer, open a vein, and let your character flow out
- By Lesley Kellas Payne
- Slice Yourself a Piece of Mud Pie
- Writing for the children's book market
- By Andrea Brown
- How to Earn $50,000 from Your First Book
- Niche publishing
- By Gordon Burgett
- Writing Self-Help Books
- A 12-step plan for the non-Ph.D.
- By Eric Maisel
- Make It Sizzle
- How to write great queries without resorting to threats, bribery or coercion
- By Wendy Keller
- Paradise Beckons
- How to overcome cutthroat competition, absurdly low pay, greedy publishers and other impossible obstacles and actually sell your travel writing
- By Lan Sluder
- Researching & Writing History
- Or: The money's not important when you're having so much fun!
- By William B. Secrest
- Making a List and Checking It Twice?
- Ten-point checklist for your screenplay
- By Kathie Fong Yoneda
- Scoping Out Magazines
- Use a magazine's own pages to learn how to hear "Yes!" from its editor
- By Ania Savage
- Interviewing & Quoting
- "Judge a man, not by his answers, but by his questions."
- By Cork Millner
- The Hidden Hazards of Being an Author
- What they don't tell you in creative writing class
- By Persia Woolley
- Giving Up?
- When to toss in the towel and when to keep trying
- By Beverly Engel
- The Book Doctor Is In
- The seven most-common first-novel problems and how to avoid them
- By Sherry M. Gottlieb
- Copyright
- What every author should know
- By John D. Zelezny
- Writers' Resources
- Questions to Ask Literary Agents
- Suggested questions to ask agents when offered representation
- Submission Tracking Sheet
- Standard Manuscript Format
- Proofreader's Marks
- Royalties and Advances- Some Benchmark Figures
- Average Book Print Runs
- Sample Magazine Writer's Guidelines
- Sample Book Publisher's Writer's Guidelines
- Magazines and Newsletters of Interest to Writers
- Selected Books for Writers
- Associations for Writers
- World Wide Web (WWW) Sites of Interest to Writers
- Software for Writers
- At-Home Writing Courses
- The Author's Bundle of Rights
- Glossary
- Index
