The Writer's Essential Tackle Box
Getting a Hook on the Publishing Industry
1st Edition
Published on 15. October 2009
380 pages
978-1-933016-99-3 (ISBN)
Description
The Writer's Essential Tackle Box offers an insider's view that informs and educates writers to key occupations that comprise the publishing industry-how they work, why they work, and pitfalls to avoid. A must-read for the new author seeking guidance through every aspect of the murky waters of publishing.
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Lynn Price is editorial director of Behler Publications with the help of her secretary, an unreliable beagle with a penchant for margaritas. Along with their Get It Write series, Behler Publications has produced poignant, award-winning personal journeys in both fiction and nonfiction - books that tackle medicine, aging, family issues, death, abandonment, love and prejudice. Lynn is also the snark behind the Behler Blog where she covers all kinds of writer's issues.
Content
- Intro
- Introduction
- How To Use This Book
- Section 1 - The Interviews
- 1: Agents - Why Do I Need An Agent?
- 2: The Book Review
- 3: Marketing and sales
- 4: Book Shepherd
- 5: Bookstore events Being prepared
- 6: Cover design
- 7: Distributors
- 8: Independent Editing
- 9: Warehouse Distribution
- 10: Internet Resources
- 11: Publicists
- 12: Websites
- The Submission Process
- 13:Before You Bait Your Hook You Need To. . .
- 14: Myth busting
- 15: The Log Line
- 16: The Pitch
- 17: Author BioCreating Something From Nothing
- 18 - Word Count
- 19: The Snooze-less Query letter The Art of Standing Out
- 20 - The s-s-sy-sy-synopsis
- 21 - Submissions Advice
- 22: Après le query/submissionPlease Lie Down on the Couch
- 23: Rejection
- 24: "So why did you reject me?"
- 25: The Promotion plan
- Section 3: Publishers - Chumming the Waters
- 26: Publishers Are Not Created Equally
- 27: The Players
- 28: Print-on-Demand-POD
- 29: Questions every writer should ask a publisher before querying
- 30: Vanity/Subsidy Publication
- Section 4:The Writer's Survival StyleGuide
- 31: When a manuscript feels sick
- 32: Punctuation Beerfest
- 33: Submission Autopsy Part 1 - Show vs. Tell
- 34: Submission Autopsy Part 2-Backstory, Fluff and Good Intentions
- 35: Submission Autopsy Part 3-Dialog tags
- 36: Submission Autopsy Part 4-Point of View
- 37: Physical description in blocks of text
- 38: Survival Style Guide
- 39: Watchful Writing Mind Your Characters
- 40: Do Miracles Happen?
- Conclusion
- Index
