Writing, Marketing, and Agent Communication

Kathi Lipp wrote about the differences in writing your second novel after the first is published.

Shelli Johanes-Wells wrote Marketing Stages for after the deal and after the book comes out.

Rachelle Gardner wrote about Communicating with Your Agent.

Marketing, Writing, Why Rejection, etc.

Shelli Johanes-Wells wrote about Marketing Stages.

Rachelle Gardner wrote A Day in the Life and Saying No After I've Requested Your Manuscript.

Jessica Faust wrote about Obtaining Permissions and Formatting Guidelines.

Suzette Saxton wrote How to Plot (or Revise) Your Book.

Writing advice and queries

Kristin Nelson wrote Why Prologues Often Don’t Work.

Rachelle Gardner wrote Craft, Story, and Voice.

Brandilyn Collins wrote Ten Ways To Create Character Empathy.

Shawn Grady wrote He Wouldn’t Have Lived If I Hadn’t Shot Him, about good opening lines.

Janet Reid wrote What you need before you query.

eBooks, queries, and more

Craig Morgan Teicher wrote The Making of an eBook: Part 1 and Part 2.

Kristin Nelson wrote about how ebooks and iBookstore are changing how the publishing game is played.

Nathan Bransford wrote What Should an E-book Cost?

Jessica Faust wrote about Writing Series and Trilogies and about how you handle revisions.

Rachelle Gardner wrote The Top Ten Query Mistakes and Should You Have a Book Trailer?