What Are Comps and Why Are They Important?
When querying agents or submitting to publishers, writers often encounter the question, "What are the comps?" "Comps?" The word refers to comparative -- or competitive -- titles. Nonfiction book proposals…
Scooped!
What do you do when someone comes out with a book eerily similar to your unpublished project? How to survive being "scooped."
Punch Up, Punch Down, Punch Sideways
Reviews and an excerpt from unpublished work to illustrate different types of humor and to call for more that punches up.
Strategies for Persistence: The Next Book
Do you give up on a manuscript and move on after a pile of rejections, or do you revise to take feedback into account? Arguments for sticking with a story.
Time Travels with Nicole Valentine
Interview with Nicole Valentine on writing the time travel novel, the need for persistence, and the inspiration for her debut.
I’m a Mentor! The #KidsNeedMentors Program
I received my #KidsNeedMentors match for this year and look forward to working with a sixth grade class, Lego included.
Find Your Match, Older Writer: The Secrets of Publishing Panel
Susan Shapiro's Secrets of Publishing panel offers experiences of and useful advice from authors who debuted in their 60s.
“…Couldn’t Connect to Your Main Character”
A discussion of a generic rejection phrase that marginalized fiction writers often receive and what it may mean.
Yes, age discrimination is a thing.
Advising a 60-Year-Old Who Wants to Write
Advice for older people looking to write fiction as a second career and to publish their work through traditional publishers.
YA Trends and Boomlets
A discussion of several new YA novels set in Russia and Eastern Europe during and after the fall of Communism. Is this a new trend?
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