1. Can my agent be from another country, for example can the publishing agency from USA publish my book if I'm in Bulgaria and we never meet?...
Man, I'd be chuffed if someone said my writing reminded them of Tolkien's. Just sayin'. Good luck with your work (and as s side note, you said...
I would mention in your query letter when you submit your partial manuscript that you have a completed (professionally made) map for this story,...
Yep, it's called an interrobang, and if your editor follows the Chicago, he or she will remove it (the Chicago forbids it).
Lower case, however, unless the year is at the beginning of the sentence (in which case you'd capitalize the first word) the CMoS recommends using...
You need to use italics for the whole series name and quotation marks for individual books in the series.
Yes, you can use the titles of other works, but you may have to include a works cited list in your end matter, depending on how the name is used...
You can negotiate things like cover design permissions during the contract signing phase (read your contract carefully before signing it, and make...
There is such a thing as co-agenting for the same book, but it usually has to do with foreign rights. For example, if you have an agent in Canada,...
I work for a small press. We have had submissions from authors who have had their manuscript up on Wattpad, but have since decided to seek...
Hi Lost, I am a professional editor. I went to Ryerson University (Toronto, Ontario) for substantive, stylistic, and copy editing. I am the...
You are fine to use italics for your POV character's internal thoughts. Don't use quotation marks in the way you have suggested. If your character...
Separate names with a comma.
