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6 Ways Patrick deWitt Can Help You Improve Your Writing

September 11, 2019 by Robert Wood Leave a Comment

6 Ways Patrick deWitt Can Help You Improve Your Writing

With his Western novel The Sisters Brothers currently enjoying a big screen adaptation and his ‘tragedy of manners’ French Exit beloved by the literary establishment, Patrick deWitt is both a proven author and one to watch. Not only that, but deWitt’s story is particularly inspiring to budding writers – a bartender whose manuscript found its way into the right hands after he asked for a patron’s …

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Here’s How To Avoid Being Snared In A Publishing Scam

January 23, 2019 by Paige Duke 2 Comments

Here’s How To Avoid Being Snared In A Publishing Scam

For many people, publishing a book is a lifelong dream, but it’s also a struggle. In today’s market, writers also need to be at least partially their own editors, their own agents, and their own marketers, and that means straying into unfamiliar territory. It’s no wonder, then, that there are those out there waiting to scam authors, taking advantage of both their passion and their …

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How To Survive Having Your Writing Rejected

July 26, 2017 by Paige Duke 2 Comments

How To Survive Having Your Writing Rejected

Rejection refines us. Those who fall prey to its enervating soul-sucking tentacles are doomed. Those who persist past it are survivors. Best ask yourself the question: what kind of writer are you? The kind who survives? Or the kind who gets asphyxiated by the tentacles of woe? – Chuck Wendig, ‘25 Things Writers Should Know about Rejection’ from Terrible Minds ‘The tentacles of woe’. Was there …

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Evaluating An Offer: 12 Things You Need To Know About An Agent

September 14, 2016 by Robert Wood Leave a Comment

Evaluating An Offer: 12 Things You Need To Know About An Agent

So you’ve prepared your synopsis, written an amazing pitch, and received an offer of representation from an agent! (Or you’re just planning for the day when that’s true.) Congratulations – this is the stage many authors dream of, and you should feel incredibly proud. Because it takes so much work to receive an offer, there’s another emotion you might be feeling: gratitude. It’s many writers’ …

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