Understanding freelance independent editors

You don’t have to floss all your teeth. Just the ones you want to keep. —dentists’ motto Ever since I began this blog in 2009, everyone in the publishing industry has been weighing in on the big question: “Do you really need to hire an independent editor? Don’t agents love… Read more“Understanding freelance independent editors”

3 Things to Know About Exposition & Telling

A bizarre thing happened to a client of mine the other day. This writer that it happened to is one of my best clients. She’s been writing all her life. She has a fabulous imagination and sees her characters moving and acting and speaking with wonderful vividness. She’s written lots… Read more“3 Things to Know About Exposition & Telling”

3 Things You Need to Know About the New Publishing Industry

One day some years ago, my friend Roz Morris over on Nail Your Novel was talking about an issue that’s extremely important to writers breaking into the industry these days: advice on revision. I started to throw in my two cents in a comment and realized quickly that there was… Read more“3 Things You Need to Know About the New Publishing Industry”

Querying with a little help from Writer’s Digest

Chuck Sambuchino of Writer’s Digest runs a regular feature in which he interviews literary agents. This week it’s children’s literature agent Erin Murphy of Erin Murphy Literary Agency. He also runs a Successful Queries feature showing actual, real-life queries that actually, in real life, worked. And, finally, Chuck got 20… Read more“Querying with a little help from <em>Writer’s Digest</em>”