The writer's essential tackle box getting a hook on the publishing industry / by Lynn Price.

Author/creator Price, Lynn, 1956-
Format Electronic
Publication Info[Lake Forest] Calif., USA : Behler Publications,
Description368 p. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete
Subjects

Contents Agents -- The book review -- Marketing and sales -- Book shepherd -- Bookstore events -- Cover design -- Distributor -- Independent editor -- Warehouse distribution -- Internet resources -- Publicists -- Websites -- Before you bait your hook -- Myth busting -- The log line -- The pitch -- Author bio : creating something from nothing -- Word count -- The snooze-less query letter -- The s-s-sy-sy-synopsis -- Submissions advice -- Apres le query/submission -- Rejection -- "So why did you reject me?" -- The promotion plan -- Publishers are not created equally -- The players -- Print on demand : POD -- Questions every writer should ask a publisher before querying -- Vanity/subsidy publication : pay to play -- When a manuscript feels sick -- Punctuation beerfest -- Submission autopsy. Part 1, Show vs. tell -- Submission autopsy. Part 2, Backstory, fluff and good intentions -- Submission autopsy. Part 3, Dialog tags -- Submission autopsy. Part 4, POV -- Physical descriptions in blocks of text : watch out for those bosoms -- Survival style guide -- Watchful writing : mind your characters -- Do miracles happen?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009012011
ISBN9781933016344 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1933016345

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