A monthly column written by an Authorlink contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR So You Want To Be A Celebrity? By Susan Malone September, 2000 Many, many folks enter the publishing industry with fame and...
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Dealing With The Dreaded Synopsis
A monthly column written by an Authorlink contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR Dealing With The Dreaded By Susan Malone August, 2000 Synopsis What most writers hate about our business, almost...
Good Writing Is Still Good Writing
A monthly column written by an Authorlink contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR Good Writing Is Still Good Writing By Susan Malone July, 2000 We've been talking of late a lot about how the blast...
Book Packaging: A World to Explore
Book Packaging: A World to Explore By Jessica Faust and Jacky Sach co-founders of BookEnds, LLC—a New Jersey-based book packager and editorial service formerly with Berkley Publishing and Penguin Book packagers "are a cross between an agent and...
Email Queries Provide Great Way For Writers to Break In
E-Mail Queries Provide Great Way For Writers to Break In By William Clark Wm Clark Associates New York, NY "I almost always respond to email queries within 2-3 weeks." I receive between 500-600 email queries a month. Fielding email...
Learning To Take Criticism Key To Writer’s Success
A monthly column written by an Authorlink contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR Learning To Take Criticism Key To Writer’s Success By Susan Malone June, 2000 Often we have a misperception...
Why Do I Need An Agent?
Why Do I Need An Agent? Part Two in a Series of Three Special Articles by Deidre Knight The Knight Agency Why pay an agency commission if you can submit directly to an editor? Question: Im an unpublished author, and I have several editors who are...
Attracting An Agent’s Interest
Attracting An Agent's Interest Part One in a Series of Three Special Articles by Deidre Knight The Knight Agency "While I can't give you a magic formula, I can certainly give you some pointers on increasing your odds of...
New Technologies Can’t Displace Essential Work of Book Editing
Perspectives New Technologies Can't Displace Essential Work of Book Editing Editor Jason Epstein Speaks Out In New York Review of Books Former Random House Editor Speaks Out on Technology The recent investment of major booksellers and...
How Will Online Publishing Impact Fiction?
A monthly column written by an Authorlink contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR How Will Online Publishing Impact Fiction? By Susan Malone May, 2000 Last month we talked about how the proliferation of...
