Firsts
What are your goals for your writing career? Aprilynne Pike discusses her goals, other possible goals as a writer, and the ways we can achieve these goals.
Choosing Your Genre
Agent Jessica Faust covers the issue of specializing in a genre. If you have ideas that span genres, how do you choose which to focus on? Faust suggests looking at your ideas and assessing which is strongest and which you can do your best work on.
This Rant Brought to You by the Letter Q for Query
Follow the submission guidelines for your chosen editor or agent. And use your query to discuss the work you are submitting and the important publishing credentials you bring to the table. Don’t criticize the guidelines or the processes. If you do these things, you’ll be one step ahead of the annoying people who don’t follow the rules.
Building a Writing Career
How badly do you want to be a writer? What will you do when you are hit with the notion that every word you’ve ever written stinks to high heaven? Rather than packing it in, Robyn decided to rededicated herself to her career.
Independents Plan Events for National Bookstore Day
Publishers Weekly pulled together a national celebration of bookstores as chains force independents out of business and Amazon forces all bricks and mortar stores into obsolesence.
Louisa Edwards: Guest Post
Novelist Louisa Edwards visits Victoria Janssen’s blog to discuss the importance of research and passion for your topic. If you don’t love your topic, how can you expect your readers to?
Writer Question: How Do I Cut Text from My Novel and Not Lose My Soul
Can you kill your darlings? No matter how hard it is, to be successful, you will probably have to cut some of your favorite lines, plots, and characters out of your work. Moonrat discusses the issues to keep in mind when you are confronted with the decision of what to cut and what to keep.
Some Deep Point of View Tips
Novelist Camy Tang guests at The Seekers with specific examples of language and description that enliven your writing and put the reader there as a participant, not a viewer.
Creating a Plot
Taylor, over at Men with Pens, shares some great tips on creating a compelling plot.
The Great Debate: Flat Rates versus Hourly Rates
How do you structure your rates for freelance work? Buy the word? the hour? the project? Susan Johnson goes over the different things you need to keep in mind when you set your rates.
Watch for Signs of Trouble
Freelancer Sue Lick provides some warning signs that one of your regular clients might be in financial trouble. With the current economic situation, we will all have to protect ourselves in case our clients are unable to pay or on their way out of business.
Sunday Wash-Up, 8th November « Shack's Comings and Goings // Nov 7, 2009 at 3:03 pm
[...] Writing Roundup, Nov. 6: “Still Friday on the West Coast” Edition Jennifer Roland always links to great posts in her round ups. This week head straight to Moonrat’s post on ‘How to cut text from your novel and not lose your soul.’ [...]