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If you are an author who has been brave enough to submit your work to either an agent or publisher, odds are you’ve received a rejection letter.  Choosing the wrong name for a character can be disastrous. A poor choice can jar a reader, make the character less memorable or worse, send the wrong message. Worse than writing the book is the daunting task of crafting the query letter. How do you hook an agent? What’s harder than writing a query letter? Writing a synopsis. Seriously, how can you summarize an 82,000 word novel in a couple of pages? You say “that” and I say “which.” You say “may” and I say “might.” You say “affect” and I say “effect.” Let’s call the whole thing off. The minute you write a book, you’re in business. And if you want to have a successful business, you must think like a business person. What does that mean? Take a look at Writer Beware’s most notable posts of 2011. I attended a writing workshop last week presented by author and teacher Jessica Barksdale Inclan where to spoke about point of view, voice, and a number of other topics related to writing. For instance, did you know that prologues are out and no other verb should replace “said” or “asked” in dialogue tags? Poets & Writers magazine is one of the most trusted resources for legitimate contests. Having finished my second novel, Staying Afloat, I had a proof copy printed to see how it would look in trade paperback. I then asked a friend of mine who is an avid reader and very good editor to read it and give me her feedback. When I received the book back with her comments, I was shocked at how many typos she found. |
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