Around the Web
Last
week I posted on conducting giveaways and mentioned Facebook’s strict rules (which
most people didn’t know existed or have ignored). They announced this week
amendments to the promotion guidelines for giveaways. They will make a lot of
people happy.
Now
that summer is coming to a close, agents are re-opening the doors to their
beloved slush piles. Before you send your query, make sure you aren’t making
those mistakes commonly seen by The Query Shark (aka agent Janet Reid). For
example, if you can’t say the first sentence in one breath, you’re in trouble.
Speaking
of queries, Rachelle Gardner explained why comparisons are good and necessary
(even if you self publish).
Can
you handle the truth? Agent Suzie Townsend is doing her annual query contest.
This is your chance to see if your query is good enough to land requests. And if
not, what made her reject it. Check the post for the rules and genres
she’s looking for.
Author
Jody Hedlund shares two pieces of writing advice. This applies no matter where
you are on the writing continuum.
Janice
Hardy walked writers through the different promotional tools they can use to
help generate book sales. Or at least to generate awareness of their book.
Jane
Friedman talked about the key book marketing principle that authors must learn
(or at least not forget).
Marketing
guru Dan Blank told writers to stop trying to go viral with author platforms.
Have
a great weekend everyone.
Stina Lindenblatt @StinaLL writes Young Adult and
New Adult novels. She is represented by Marisa Corvisiero, and
finds it weird talking about herself in third person. Her debut New Adult
contemporary romance, WIDE AWAKE, will be released Jan, 2014 (Carina Press).
1 comment:
Great links, Stina. I missed Janice's post. I'll have to check it out.
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