Nonfiction
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©2010
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370 pages ; 23 cm
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Agents -- The book review -- Marketing and sales -- Book shepherd -- Bookstore events -- Cover design -- Distributor -- Independent editor -- Warehouse distribution -- Internet resources -- Publicists -- Websites -- Before you bait your hook -- Myth busting -- The log line -- The pitch -- Author bio : creating something from nothing -- Word count -- The snooze-less query letter -- The s-s-sy-sy-synopsis -- Submissions advice -- Apres le query/submission -- Rejection -- "So why did you reject me?" -- The promotion plan -- Publishers are not created equally -- The players -- Print on demand : POD -- Questions every writer should ask a publisher before querying -- Vanity/subsidy publication : pay to play -- When a manuscript feels sick -- Punctuation beerfest -- Submission autopsy. Part 1, Show vs. tell -- Submission autopsy. Part 2, Backstory, fluff and good intentions -- Submission autopsy. Part 3, Dialog tags -- Submission autopsy. Part 4, POV -- Physical descriptions in blocks of text : watch out for those bosoms -- Survival style guide -- Watchful writing : mind your characters -- Do miracles happen?