How long should a query letter be?
If you seek to get published, you have probably come up against a great deal of frustration over what should and should not go in a query letter……
Read the RestYour rejection letter may be total nonsense. Here’s why.
Imagine that, after three years of agonizing work, you have submitted your manuscript to your dream agent. And then, in their disturbingly concise response, they tell you the…
Read the RestThe Cardinal Sin Keeping You on Every Agent’s Naughty List
You know how hard it is to get an agent’s attention these days. Of course it is. Even 30 years ago, it was hard for an unknown author…
Read the RestCan’t bring yourself to write today? Try this.
Right now may be the moment in which you would rather pass a kidney stone than put words on a blank page. This is understandable. Writing, or…
Read the RestThe only time it matters what a rejection letter says
One day, something happened at my editorial meeting at Penguin that I haven’t seen since. Each week, our publisher would have us go around the room and report…
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Hi, I'm Neil
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