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10 steps to getting published

Posted by george on November 15, 2010
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From: How I Got Published.

  1. Join a critique group.
  2. Complete your manuscript and your query letter and at least one synopsis.
  3. Edit it until it screams.
  4. come up with a gripping title (and incredible concept).
  5. Enter writing contests (gets you meetings with agents/editors).
  6. Research Literary Agents and agencies (so you know what they like to represent and can personalize your query to them – and so you know what their submission guidelines are).
  7. Go to Conferences (fish where the fish are biting) and make yourself known to the agents and editors so you can open your query with the line, “When I met you at the blah, blah conference you said I should send this to you.”
  8. Develop a submissions schedule and mail queries out every week; log your responses.  Your critique group can help you perfect your query letter and synopsis.
  9. Develop a thick skin.  Remember, how you handle rejection is a matter of attitude.
  10. NEVER GIVE UP.

Top 10 Top 10 lists for writers

Posted by george on November 8, 2010
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I hope you enjoy perusing through these lists as much as I did!

Top Ten Tips for Productive, Creative, Fun Writing Ok, this one is absolutely my favorite.  How can you NOT love a post like this on a website where the guy bills himself as the Chief Happy Officer?  A great read, and some compelling tips .  This one is a must view!

Top Ten Writing Tips to Help You Write More Angela Booth’s blog post is chock full o’ cool things to help keep you focused and on track.

Top 10 Blog Writing Tips This ezine article puts a friendly face on helping blogger put together a post with the most!

Top Ten Writing Mistakes For all of us fiction writers out there, Therese Fowler wakes us up a bit.  It’s ok, fellow bloggers, you can admit that you are working on the world’s next best seller  – late at night, with the curtains drawn, sneaking nervous glances over your shoulder.  ;-)

Top 10 Tips for Writing Dialogue There is an art to effectively writing dialogue that is real and flowing.  Here are some tips to help you do it right.

Top 10 Weblog Design Mistakes This one is a little older, but still contains good info about how to put your best blogging face on the web.

Kristen Simon’s Top 10 Writing Tips for Comic Book Writers Kristen Simon has put together this great list.  Scryptic Studios has re-posted it, with good reason.  Before you skim over this one, being all huffy about what “real” writing is, stop and go take a look.  I’d bet you could morph a lot of this into your day to day writing.

The Top 10 Writing Scams Bloggers Fall For Amazing.  I’m afraid I’ve been sucked into one or two of these before.  A real must-see list

Ten Things That Agents and Editors Hate I’d like to hope that much of this is common sense, but we all know what they say about common sense…

Top 10 Tips for Lazy Writers – How to Increase Your Writing Discipline This iss a wonderful set of tips written with a great voice and style.

So, there you have it.  What other “Top 10′s ” do you folks have?  Let’s see ‘em!