Nathan Bransford - The Forums

Hi, B.

So glad to hear you're through that. Wishing you the very best rest.

I thought something along the same lines, but then there's the thing about never mentioning rejections on a query I'm sure I've read before. Hence the quandry I'm in... :roll: I don't think you need to mention the rejection, just say that [agent] mentioned [other agent] as possibly being a good fit...

Question is: When query said agent, should I mention the first agent pointed me that way, or just treat it as a fresh start? Anyone had this problem/come across advice on how to approach it? Sorry about the rejection, Hillsy. I would probably mention it, in a casual way such as: "I was given y...

Thanks Sleeping Beauty, Margo and Cookie! I'm so excited for this story. It was one of the fun ones.

Finally received the cover art for my novella coming out in January from Carina Press. The design literally stunned me...or maybe it was the visual representation of all the work I'd done going from idea to publication.

http://hillaryjacques.blogspot.com/p/stories.html

Congratulations, Sleeping Beauty! That is squee-worthy!

Sommer, that's awesome!

Congrats on your frigate, Guardian.

Six weeks is often an agent-suggested timeframe. But I've also seen two and four weeks. Unless I really wanted to work with a specific agent, I don't know that I would grant more than four. John, it would be worth it to ask her. If she is unable to give you a timeframe, feel free to specify that you...

What motivates you to finish this scene or that chapter: the carrot or the stick?

http://hillaryjacques.blogspot.com/2011 ... stick.html

Stephen, You can ask friends to beta read for you, but if you're looking for actual editing, you need to pay for it. Critical reading and writing up edit letters is time consuming. I'm talking days, not hours, for a manuscript of this length (assuming 500 pages at 250 words a page). The estimates I'...

The one thing that struck me as actually different from other self-pub assist programs was Book Country's distribution. Their website shows a chart indicating theirs is much broader than their main competitors'. I wonder if anyone has compared sales on a single or limited distribution network versus...

A couple I have found helpful:

Kristin Nelson's Pub Rants http://pubrants.blogspot.com/
(she also has a nice list in her sidebar)

Bookends LLC http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/

Spending too much time on the internet? There's an app for that.

http://hillaryjacques.blogspot.com/2011 ... -that.html

Great question, Nicole. I follow the blogs of a few authors, but they are mostly newer or debut authors that I follow because I'm interested in both their journeys and their writing. Virtually all interaction is on twitter. I follow authors who don't interact but are interesting, some who only post ...

I'd like to add one more item to this discussion and, if it's already been mentioned I apologize. With tension and conflict come The Stakes. The prize or the loss. 1) What's important to the character? 2) How important is it, or what will happen if the character doesn't win/acquire/achieve it? 3) Do...