Tag: Submissions
New Author Starter Kit – Acceptance Prep
Last week, I listed six things you need before you send out those first submissions in New Author Starter Kit – Submission Prep. Today, I’ve put together a few things you’ll need when one of those submissions is accepted for publication. From (much) experience… Continue Reading “New Author Starter Kit – Acceptance Prep”
A Week of Writing: 5/14/18 to 5/20/18
Another week of writing gone by. Lots of business as usual and one fairly momentous accomplishment. Here are the details. The Novel The first draft is done. The novel is an actual thing that exists somewhere other than my head. There’s still a lot of… Continue Reading “A Week of Writing: 5/14/18 to 5/20/18”
New Author Starter Kit – Submission Prep
If you’re a new author and you want to submit your work to magazines, literary journals, anthologies, contests, and the like, it can seem a daunting process. I mean, where do you submit? How do you submit? A lot of us simply learned by… Continue Reading “New Author Starter Kit – Submission Prep”
A Week of Writing: 5/7/18 to 5/13/18
And the second week of May is in the books. Less progress than I would have liked, but, in all, positive yardage. Here’s how I did. The Novel The novel I’m currently working on is the fourth I’ve written in the last three years.… Continue Reading “A Week of Writing: 5/7/18 to 5/13/18”
Submission Protocol: The Unsolicited Rewrite
Here’s a scenario for you. You receive a very encouraging personal rejection from a publisher, where the editor says something like, “Hey, good story. We’re going to pass, but we think you might consider improving the story by changing X and revising Y.” If… Continue Reading “Submission Protocol: The Unsolicited Rewrite”
A Week of Writing: 4/30/18 to 5/6/18
Another week of writing come to a close. Got some novel writin’ done, some short stories spruced up, a bunch of submission sent, a pile of rejections received, and even a publication to crow about. Have a look. The Novel Well, I was hoping… Continue Reading “A Week of Writing: 4/30/18 to 5/6/18”
A Week of Writing: 4/23/18 to 4/29/18
On more week of writing, editing, and submitting in the books. Getting close to done(ish) on at least one big project. The Novel Solid production on the novel for the week, and I passed 80,000 words total. I’m at the climax of the story,… Continue Reading “A Week of Writing: 4/23/18 to 4/29/18”
Back to Basics: More Cover Letter Components
In Back to Basics: The Cover Letter, I presented an example of a basic cover letter with all the elements a publisher usually wants to see. But what if the publisher ask for something additional that deviates from that letter? What might those somethings… Continue Reading “Back to Basics: More Cover Letter Components”
A Week of Writing: 4/16/18 to 4/22/18
Another week gone by, another week of of writing. More positive yardage and some decent progress on projects big and small. The Novel More production this week at a fairly respectable pace. I’m in the meat of the third act, and I’m looking at… Continue Reading “A Week of Writing: 4/16/18 to 4/22/18”
200 Rejections: An Analysis
I recently found myself wondering how many rejections I’ve received since I started using Duotrope (religiously) to track my submissions. So, uh, I went and looked . . . I’ve received 218 rejections. Is that a lot? Maybe, but to me it (usually) just feels… Continue Reading “200 Rejections: An Analysis”
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