Entries Below Are Labeled traditional publishing

Time Is Money | via A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing

Time=money.First, it’s important to understand that in traditional publishing (which my friend Barry Eisler calls “Legacy Publishing”), time moves slowly. When your agent sells you novel, it can take several months to get the contract. Once you sign the contract, it can be months before you’re paid. Once you turn in the manuscript, it can be months, or even over a year, before your book is published. The large, inefficient, unwieldy industry that is legacy … Continue reading →

There Are No Rules – How to Ensure 75% of Agents Will Request Your Material

How to Ensure 75% of Agents Will Request Your Material Posted by Jane While attending the Midwest Writers Workshop, I posted a summary of a talk given by Marcus Sakey and John Gilstrap. Sakey advised that query letters, if any good, would result in a 75% “send me something” response. I had no idea what a bomb I was throwing by tweeting and blogging that principle. Thus, I asked Marcus to write a guest post … Continue reading →