Comments on: A Different Approach http://wickedwriters.com/2010/01/29/a-different-approach/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:59:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Suzanne Adair http://wickedwriters.com/2010/01/29/a-different-approach/#comment-347 Suzanne Adair Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:45:08 +0000 http://wickedwriters.com/?p=634#comment-347 I agree with Greg on the self-pub route. A publisher gets you distribution and reviews. Both of those get you into libraries. Libraries represent a huge channel to reach readers. I agree with Greg on the self-pub route. A publisher gets you distribution and reviews. Both of those get you into libraries. Libraries represent a huge channel to reach readers.

]]> By: Gregory Marshall Smith http://wickedwriters.com/2010/01/29/a-different-approach/#comment-345 Gregory Marshall Smith Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:29:43 +0000 http://wickedwriters.com/?p=634#comment-345 You might want to rethink the self-publishing route. My friend Starlene Stringer (actress/writer/radio personality/voice-over artist) went that route and found it very difficult. You might want to rethink the self-publishing route. My friend Starlene Stringer (actress/writer/radio personality/voice-over artist) went that route and found it very difficult.

]]> By: Suzanne Adair http://wickedwriters.com/2010/01/29/a-different-approach/#comment-344 Suzanne Adair Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:25:09 +0000 http://wickedwriters.com/?p=634#comment-344 Some rejections are a delight to receive. They're the ones that arrive after the publishing contract is in your hands. :-) The AgentQuery discussion list is great for giving support to those who are in query mode. Folks on that list help each other tighten queries online. AgentQuest is a sub-group of Guppies, which is a chapter of Sisters in Crime. And there's an annual contest for those who tally the most rejections. Some rejections are a delight to receive. They’re the ones that arrive after the publishing contract is in your hands. :-)

The AgentQuery discussion list is great for giving support to those who are in query mode. Folks on that list help each other tighten queries online. AgentQuest is a sub-group of Guppies, which is a chapter of Sisters in Crime. And there’s an annual contest for those who tally the most rejections.

]]> By: C.J. Ellisson http://wickedwriters.com/2010/01/29/a-different-approach/#comment-343 C.J. Ellisson Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:04:20 +0000 http://wickedwriters.com/?p=634#comment-343 You mean agents don't just magically produce contracts from interested publishers overnight? ;-) Ugh... I really think it will be the waiting that kills me... or drives me to self publish... You mean agents don’t just magically produce contracts from interested publishers overnight? ;-) Ugh… I really think it will be the waiting that kills me… or drives me to self publish…

]]> By: Supriya Savkoor http://wickedwriters.com/2010/01/29/a-different-approach/#comment-342 Supriya Savkoor Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:26:28 +0000 http://wickedwriters.com/?p=634#comment-342 Not bad, you landed an agent without having to send out a single query. We should all be so lucky. And yes, I'm also prepping my copy for contests before working on the query. Sort of like stage rehearsal, huh? Not bad, you landed an agent without having to send out a single query. We should all be so lucky. And yes, I’m also prepping my copy for contests before working on the query. Sort of like stage rehearsal, huh?

]]> By: By W. J. Howard http://wickedwriters.com/2010/01/29/a-different-approach/#comment-337 By W. J. Howard Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:22:24 +0000 http://wickedwriters.com/?p=634#comment-337 [...] blogged about our experience with query letters, or lack there of, mine being the later with A Different Approach. Read about the other writers [...] [...] blogged about our experience with query letters, or lack there of, mine being the later with A Different Approach. Read about the other writers [...]

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