Foreword by Beth Kephart, author of Handling the Truth. Imagine a Door intersperses craft insights, case studies, and checklists with personal stories about publishing and the emotional complexities of sending your work into the world. Is a writing routine worthwhile? How do you pinpoint the why behind your storytelling and use it to improve your manuscript? What makes a query letter stand out? What exactly is distribution? Does success mean selling a certain number of books or can we reframe our expectations in a less capitalistic way? While prioritizing genuine community over platform…mehr
Foreword by Beth Kephart, author of Handling the Truth. Imagine a Door intersperses craft insights, case studies, and checklists with personal stories about publishing and the emotional complexities of sending your work into the world. Is a writing routine worthwhile? How do you pinpoint the why behind your storytelling and use it to improve your manuscript? What makes a query letter stand out? What exactly is distribution? Does success mean selling a certain number of books or can we reframe our expectations in a less capitalistic way? While prioritizing genuine community over platform building, Laura Stanfill, publisher of Forest Avenue Press and author of Singing Lessons for the Stylish Canary, explores these questions from both sides of the desk. She peppers her material with more than seventy-five original interviews with authors Fonda Lee, Amy Stewart, Wendy Chin-Tanner, Keith Rosson, Rosiee Thor, Kesha Ajose-Fisher, Emme Lund, Omar El Akkad, and agents, editors, and publishers. Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
FOREWORD 12 IMAGINE A DOOR 15 ABOUT THIS BOOK 21 BEGIN 25 CHOOSE YOUR WORD 26 When Nonwriters Ask Questions 30 PRACTICE MAKES PROGRESS 33 TIME MANAGEMENT 40 Trick Yourself 43 THE SECRET 46 READ WITH ABANDON 50 CASE STUDY #1: Thrillers and Mysteries 54 PINPOINT YOUR WHY 57 What’s Your Why? 64 THE FIFTY-FIRST PAGE TEST 66 FIRST READER 70 VOICE 75 I’M AGAINST APPROPRIATION 88 CASE STUDY #2: Sensitivity Readers 95 Interrogate Your Idea 97 PROGRESS IS PERSONAL 99 KEEP TRACK 107 CASE STUDY #3: Thank Your Sources 110 NOW . . . 116 COMMUNITY 119 BELONGING 120 THE COMPARISON TRAP 126 THE FAVOR ECONOMY 134 WRITING GROUPS 139 CASE STUDY #4: Finding Your People 142 What to Consider 146 VISIT THE LIBRARY 148 SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE 152 Bookstore Etiquette 158 THE DIY APPROACH 164 CASE STUDY #5: Small Press Champion 166 More Ways to Find Friends 168 BECOMING A PUBLISHER 171 SUCCESS AS AN IMAGE 180 Online Etiquette 186 THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE PAID REVIEW 191 PAYING FOR AWARDS 197 CONFERENCES AND COMMUNITY 199 Conference Checklist 200 BY THE NUMBERS 202 CASE STUDY #6: Traveling to Sell 207 HARD TRUTHS 212 FINDING A GOOD BALANCE 216 PUBLISHING PATHS 219 THE DREAM 220 REMEMBER, IT’S ART 236 CASE STUDY #7: I’m Done 239 AGENT OR PUBLISHER? 244 AGENTS 249 BIG FIVE 257 CASE STUDY #8: A Leg in the Door 264 SMALL PRESS TYPES 276 UNIVERSITY PRESSES 295 HYBRID AND SELF-PUBLISHING 301 Who’s an Expert? 308 DISTRIBUTION 311 FULL SERVICE 321 What to ask a publisher with distribution 327 NO-FRILLS AND FULFILLMENT 329 What to ask a publisher with no-frills distribution or fulfillment 333 PRINT ON DEMAND 334 What to ask a print-on-demand publisher 342 Printing Galleys 343 SELF DISTRIBUTION 345 What to ask a self-distributing publisher 347 CASE STUDY #9: Forest Avenue’s Distribution Journey 348 TELLING PRESSES APART 352 CASE STUDY #11: Making the Ask 356 WHEN PRESSES FOLD 361 DECISION TIME 364 SAYING YES TO THE YES! 367 YOUR PART IN PROMOTION 370 CASE STUDY #10: The Cost of Events 373 RETURNS VERSUS SALES 376 Sales Data without Details 380 QUERYING 383 READY? SET? 384 CASE STUDY #12: To Revise or Not? 391 Querying Too Early graphic 398 HOW DO YOU FIND A MATCH? 400 AIM FOR THE MAYBE 403 TITLES 405 Title Assessment 409 SHALL I COMPARE THEE . . . 411 Make Your List 414 YOUR HOOK 417 APPROPRIATE LENGTH 420 AUDIENCE AND PLATFORM (SIGH) 424 MORE QUERY INSIGHTS 432 WRITE YOUR LETTER 437 A Basic Query Letter 440 RED (LETTER) FLAGS 443 VERBAL PITCHES 451 Conference Etiquette 453 PROPOSALS 456 FIRST PAGES 460 Write Your Yes 466 HOPES IN A PILE 467 JUST BECAUSE YOU FINISHED . . . 472 Allow for Your Worries 476 REJECTION RESILIENCE 478 REACTING TO FEEDBACK 481 WHEN CRAFT GETS IN THE WAY 487 CASE STUDY #13: The Story of the Hundred Promises 489 THE NO-RESPONSE NO 493 CALLING IT 496 ACCEPTED! 500 BEGIN AGAIN 503 Acknowledgments 509 About the Author 512 READERS’ GUIDE TK INDEX TK
FOREWORD 12 IMAGINE A DOOR 15 ABOUT THIS BOOK 21 BEGIN 25 CHOOSE YOUR WORD 26 When Nonwriters Ask Questions 30 PRACTICE MAKES PROGRESS 33 TIME MANAGEMENT 40 Trick Yourself 43 THE SECRET 46 READ WITH ABANDON 50 CASE STUDY #1: Thrillers and Mysteries 54 PINPOINT YOUR WHY 57 What’s Your Why? 64 THE FIFTY-FIRST PAGE TEST 66 FIRST READER 70 VOICE 75 I’M AGAINST APPROPRIATION 88 CASE STUDY #2: Sensitivity Readers 95 Interrogate Your Idea 97 PROGRESS IS PERSONAL 99 KEEP TRACK 107 CASE STUDY #3: Thank Your Sources 110 NOW . . . 116 COMMUNITY 119 BELONGING 120 THE COMPARISON TRAP 126 THE FAVOR ECONOMY 134 WRITING GROUPS 139 CASE STUDY #4: Finding Your People 142 What to Consider 146 VISIT THE LIBRARY 148 SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE 152 Bookstore Etiquette 158 THE DIY APPROACH 164 CASE STUDY #5: Small Press Champion 166 More Ways to Find Friends 168 BECOMING A PUBLISHER 171 SUCCESS AS AN IMAGE 180 Online Etiquette 186 THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE PAID REVIEW 191 PAYING FOR AWARDS 197 CONFERENCES AND COMMUNITY 199 Conference Checklist 200 BY THE NUMBERS 202 CASE STUDY #6: Traveling to Sell 207 HARD TRUTHS 212 FINDING A GOOD BALANCE 216 PUBLISHING PATHS 219 THE DREAM 220 REMEMBER, IT’S ART 236 CASE STUDY #7: I’m Done 239 AGENT OR PUBLISHER? 244 AGENTS 249 BIG FIVE 257 CASE STUDY #8: A Leg in the Door 264 SMALL PRESS TYPES 276 UNIVERSITY PRESSES 295 HYBRID AND SELF-PUBLISHING 301 Who’s an Expert? 308 DISTRIBUTION 311 FULL SERVICE 321 What to ask a publisher with distribution 327 NO-FRILLS AND FULFILLMENT 329 What to ask a publisher with no-frills distribution or fulfillment 333 PRINT ON DEMAND 334 What to ask a print-on-demand publisher 342 Printing Galleys 343 SELF DISTRIBUTION 345 What to ask a self-distributing publisher 347 CASE STUDY #9: Forest Avenue’s Distribution Journey 348 TELLING PRESSES APART 352 CASE STUDY #11: Making the Ask 356 WHEN PRESSES FOLD 361 DECISION TIME 364 SAYING YES TO THE YES! 367 YOUR PART IN PROMOTION 370 CASE STUDY #10: The Cost of Events 373 RETURNS VERSUS SALES 376 Sales Data without Details 380 QUERYING 383 READY? SET? 384 CASE STUDY #12: To Revise or Not? 391 Querying Too Early graphic 398 HOW DO YOU FIND A MATCH? 400 AIM FOR THE MAYBE 403 TITLES 405 Title Assessment 409 SHALL I COMPARE THEE . . . 411 Make Your List 414 YOUR HOOK 417 APPROPRIATE LENGTH 420 AUDIENCE AND PLATFORM (SIGH) 424 MORE QUERY INSIGHTS 432 WRITE YOUR LETTER 437 A Basic Query Letter 440 RED (LETTER) FLAGS 443 VERBAL PITCHES 451 Conference Etiquette 453 PROPOSALS 456 FIRST PAGES 460 Write Your Yes 466 HOPES IN A PILE 467 JUST BECAUSE YOU FINISHED . . . 472 Allow for Your Worries 476 REJECTION RESILIENCE 478 REACTING TO FEEDBACK 481 WHEN CRAFT GETS IN THE WAY 487 CASE STUDY #13: The Story of the Hundred Promises 489 THE NO-RESPONSE NO 493 CALLING IT 496 ACCEPTED! 500 BEGIN AGAIN 503 Acknowledgments 509 About the Author 512 READERS’ GUIDE TK INDEX TK
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