Agents are besieged with bad book proposals from writers who usually make the same mistakes. You have many options to find out what those mistakes are so that you can distinguish yourself from the masses of queries. (You don’t need to be told not to query a novel until it’s finished, revised, and edited, right?)
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Entries Tagged as 'technology'
Agents to Follow on Twitter
July 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Tags: agents·social networking·technology·the business of writing·twitter
Portability
July 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
I need a more portable way to write during the day.
I’m not a longhand kind of gal–I want my words to be electronic from the get-go. So, even though I have notepads, I don’t think they are the best solution for me. I would just have to type in everything I wrote later.
And I have [...]
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Freelancers You Should Follow
June 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Twitter is all about connections and networking, right?
Well, here are some of the essential people to follow on Twitter to help you build your freelance career. (Listed in no particular order)
@DebNG: Deb is the founder of the Freelance Writing Jobs blog. She tweets about the freelance life and when she has new posts or job [...]
I Finally Got My Domain
June 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
I haven’t set up my website yet, but I do have a shiny brand-spanking-new web domain at jennifer-roland.com. I set up my email address as jennifer@jennifer-roland.com.
Of course, this means I have one more goal for the month of June…
Related Posts What Do You Call Morning People? A few months ago, [...]
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Submissions Tracking Sheet Created!
June 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
One June goal down. I just finished creating my submissions tracking sheet and getting it up to date.
Related Posts Book Review: Straight Talk from the Editor Want a quick reference to help you prepare and submit your manuscript the right way?Author and editor W. Terry Whalen recounts his own experiences [...]
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Cool Tools
June 10th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized
These are the three things I can’t live without.
1. Google Reader
I feel like I’m a little late to this game, but I’m absolutely in love with Google Reader. It’s free, and it gathers all of the blogs I follow into one handy place that I can read no matter which computer I’m working on.
It automatically [...]
Split Twitter Personalities
May 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I decided I was having way too much trouble trying to track my writing stuff and my pop culture stuff on Twitter, so I decided to split them apart.
For writing tweets, follow me at http://twitter.com/jenroland.
For pop culture tweets, follow me at http://twitter.com/popculturecurm.
Related Posts Writing Roundup I decided to add some [...]
Web Host Recommendations
May 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I’m looking for a web host. I would like one that is easy to use, supports wordpress, and is cheap. Please comment with your recommendations. Thanks in advance.
Related Posts An Ode to the Ever-Suffering Spouse After spending the entire weekend at the Willamette Writers Conference, I was reminded of Stephen [...]
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Why yWriter?
April 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I decided I needed to do something different with my writing, so I decided to try yWriter.
yWriter is a free writing program that organizes your writing by scene and chapter, allowing for easy moves and renumbering.
The interface is a bit hard to get used to, and I will readily admit that I was not yet [...]
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Still Doing the Blogger vs. Wordpress Dance
April 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
After hosting Pop Culture Curmudgeon over at Wordpress for a month now, and I’m really liking Wordpress. I miss some of my Javascript tools, but the built-in stats tools are awesome. Much easier to read than Google Analytics.
I’m feeling the push to move this blog over to Wordpress, too. Thoughts?
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