Writing on the Wall

A popular post from March 2008 by Heather Moore This past weekend I attended the LDStorymakers Writers Conference . The name may be dece...

A popular post from August 2009 by Annette Lyon At a writing conference probably ten or more years ago, I heard Orson Scott Card say t...

A popular post from May 2009 Reader question: When agents/publishers ask about previous publishing credits, they don't consider self...

A popular post from December 2009 by Annette Lyon 'Tis the season for many a writer to query and submit. Many reasons about fo...

A popular post from February 2010.  By Josi S. Kilpack Do you write JUST like Dan Brown? Is your next book the NEXT Harry Potter...

Two of our readers submitted query letters for critique. Feel free to make comments, but please keep them constructive. Query #1 Critique Ar...

By Julie Wright I went to lunch with one of my favorite authors last week, J. Scott Savage. Going to lunch with him is like being put on a b...

By Julie Wright I sent off several queries to agents for a new national book I have. This is a good thing. It's great to write books, bu...

by Heather Moore In follow-up to Annette's submission advice yesterday, I'd like to share a few things that I've done BEFORE sub...

by Annette Lyon In response to some reader questions I've had recently, here's a basic refresher course on how to contact editors or...

by Heather Moore The holiday bustle is in full swing. Everyone is checking their lists twice. Lines are already obscenely long and panic fil...

by Annette Lyon This last weekend I attended a writing conference , where literary agent Christina Hogrebe of the Jane Rotrosen Agency spoke...

I'm currently in the process of creating submission packets of my recently completed novel. The stuff one needs to prepare before consid...

By Josi S. Kilpack I was recently talking to another writer who had a lot of questions about how to submit to an agent or publisher. I answe...

The editors at Precision Editing Group are pleased to announce our new on-line critique forum . And you won't even have to go anywhere. ...

by Lu Ann Staheli So many want-to-be writers have the same roadblock stopping them from success—they don’t send enough submissions. ...

You have a great manuscript that you've taken through the proper channels of editing. You start sending out queries and slowly the rejec...

By Heather Moore Have you been tempted to send an agent or publisher your third chapter—because that's where your story gets really good...

By Julie Wright Question: How do I keep from looking stupid when submitting queries, chapters, and full manuscripts? Answer: By acting int...