In our previous episode, Laura Van Wormer, former Doubleday editor and author of two TV series books, had just shown the manuscript of her precious first novel to three people: her future agent, her future editor and a friend who taught college lit.
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The Remnant by Georgia Flosi
Shari Rigel survived the hell of Jonestown as a child, along with her brother Andy. But Shari is more than a survivor. She is a strong independent woman determined to do anything necessary to save others from the destiny ordained by Father Will, lunatic leader of The Remnant cult, even to the point of putting herself and her position with the FBI in jeopardy.
REASON FOR LEAVING by John Manderino
REASON FOR LEAVING Job Stories John Manderino Academy Chicago Pub December 2001 Hardcover/179 pages ISBN: 089733499X Buy This Book www.amazon.com "...youthful peccadilloes may cause many readers to squirm..." "...covers...
New Kid in Town: Tips for New Children’s Writers
New Kid in Town: Tips for New Children's Writers by Marlene Perez Children's Writer ". . . children's writers should learn their craft before focusing on publication." When I started in children's writing, I felt like I was ten,...
Archives December 1-15, 2001
Breaking News Time Warner Trade Publishing Closes IPublish.com TWTP Will Continue To Distribute Electronic Books NEW YORK, NY/12/4/01 Laurence Kirshbaum, chairman of Time Warner Trade Publishing, announced with great regret today that its electronic publishing...
Grappling With Manuscript Length
A monthly column written by an Authorlink contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR Grappling With Manuscript Length By Susan Malone December, 2001 One of the points that stumps writers the most regards the length...
Archives November 15-30, 2001
Phyllis Grann Named Vice Chairman, Random House, Inc. NEW YORK, NY/11/26/001—Phyllis E. Grann, who stepped down last month as Chief Executive Officer and President of Penguin Putnam Inc., the country’s second largest trade book publisher, will join Random...
An Exclusive Interview With Novelist Laura Van Wormer Part One
You want to be published? Novelist Laura Van Wormer can tell you how to do it, for three reasons. First, shes written 10 books since 1988. The most recent, Trouble Becomes Her, the third in the Sally Harrington series, was released in early November by Mira. Second, before she started writing she was an editor at Doubleday. Finally, despite her tenure at Doubleday, she made some of the same mistakes in her writing career that the rest of us do.
Archives November 1-15, 2001
Simon & Schuster Launches eBookstore on Company Website NEW YORK, NY/11/5/01--As part of its ongoing efforts to promote electronic publishing, Simon & Schuster announced today the grand opening of SimonSaysShop.com ( http://www.SimonSaysShop.com.com ), an...
Breaking the Rules
A monthly column written by an Authorlink contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR Breaking the Rules By Susan Malone November 2001 Rules abound in the writing world (I’d say the “literary” one,...
