I've scoured the ends of every horizon and cannot find for the life of me either standard formatting for a query letter, nor commonly requested...
This is partially inspired by the 'weirdest calls/texts/voicemails' thread, it reminded me of a letter my boyfriend received from China. It...
So this morning, this is going on in the world of Romance publishing: http://legalinspiration.com/?p=503 ETA: It now has its own hashtag on...
Hello everyone. I've just joined the site and it seems polite to introduce myself. The username Pepys seemed apt because I've written a daily...
I wasn't too sure where to put this, so I thought I'd just stick it here. (Sorry.) I'm trying to prepare another batch of agent queries, and I...
I have an MS that is about as good as I can get it. My plan is to query agents rather than publishers. Now I know, with the best will in the...
Are the ratios somewhat balanced or do rejections outnumber the acceptances? Lately, I've been submitting a mix of poetry and short stories and...
I have an old manual typewriter that needs to be fixed. I have the ink for it and everything. I use my computer and I also practice longhand to...
Hello all, First a little bit about me, I'm a 21 Year "old" man from the Netherlands. Got a regular job as 1st Service Technician and do nothing...
Hi! I just devised this "game", if you will, where you create a character, or use an existing one, and create and fit a characteristic about...
Hi sorry i havent written on here for a while I've been quite busy. But I've got a quick question. When writting my first book would it be ok to...
Just been watching the News about a burglar who ''apparently'' has written a letter of ''Not Apology''....
I'm working on a new conceptual short-film, and unfortunately, have hit a pretty terrible case of writers' block. I've got an extremely basic...
are you a professional typer or do you get by like me? I am most fascinated by the way the keyboard has been set up for me to use. do you have...
which words do you find stand out in English because of the way they are differently spelt from their common indicatives others. for example:...
Hey everybody, Does anybody have any tips on writing query letters to magazines for a flash fiction story of 2,800 words? I'm at a loss. I've...
During a two hour workshop I give entitled “So you what to write a novel?” I’ve gotten numerous requests for sample publisher queries so I...
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