the writing business
November 8, 2009
- Nonfiction writers looking for traditional book publishing contracts—wanting to sell their manuscripts to small, medium or large traditional publishing houses, need to find themselves literary representation. While finding an agent may not be necessary for many small publishing houses that accept unagented work, most mid-sized and large publishing houses, indeed, only accept agented book ...
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June 16, 2009
- Years ago I came across the entry for Nelson DeMille in Who's Who in America? in which the bestselling novelist said something along the lines of that there's no such thing as a retired novelist. This struck me instantly as true, much in the way the occasional singing line from Martin Amis does.[Brief digression: When Mr. Amis does it - e.g., the line about how when you have a child of your own, ...
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March 20, 2009
- …further chitchat with Deborah Bouziden… DB: Who introduced you to Kathleen Woodiwiss’ books or did you stumble across them in the library? What drew you to them and would you recommend them to beginning romance writers today? Why? SW: When I was in college, I had a summer job at a department store fine jewelry counter. It was horrendously boring, so a coworker lent me Shanna and I was a ...
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