Nathan Bransford - The Forums

You need to do two things: 1. Get your work read by people to whom you are not related. People who are not your friends. Granted, this is hard to manage and may not be free. Because that study that shows that the mediocre usually think they're fabulous? Applies to readers as well as writers. 2. Ask ...

Great idea! The last lunatic query experience was the rejection letter that took sixteen months to arrive. In the interval I had sold the book and seen it come out in hardback. Pulling that SASE out of the mailbox was a profoundly weird experience. Tip to agents: we'll assume that no news is bad new...

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I have two: http://www.loreleiarmstrong.com for my novel, and http://www.kullervo.com about screenwriting, and http://loreleiarmstrong.blogspot.com/ a blog. With a Mac and iWeb, websites are easy. At least reserve a desirable domain name for yourself. That's not expensive. I use GoDaddy. And I use M...

I shall wade in! Kudos for being brave enough to go first. So, to begin, immortals in high school. Where have I heard that one? Oh, wait, I know... But a problem with generic non-ordinary-humans-but-not-vampires is explaining who and what we're dealing with. Hard to do in a query letter, but is immo...