Lynn Price is editorial director of Behler Publications with the help of her secretary, an unreliable beagle with a penchant for margaritas. Along with their Get It Write series, Behler Publications has produced poignant, award-winning personal journeys in both fiction and nonfiction - books that tackle medicine, aging, family issues, death, abandonment, love and prejudice. Lynn is also the snark behind the Behler Blog where she covers all kinds of writer's issues.
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Introduction How To Use This Book Section 1: Interviews-Casting the flyrod 3 1 Agents 5 2 The Book Review 49 3 Marketing and Sales 75 4 Book Shepherd 95 5 Bookstore events 115 6 Cover design 125 7 Distributor 143 8 Independent Editor 154 9 Warehouse Distribution 163 10 Internet Resources 169 11 Publicists 191 12 Websites 205 Conclusion 212 Section 2: "Forget the bait pass me the Maalox": The Submission Process 213 13 Before You Bait Your Hook 215 14 Myth busting 219 15 The Log Line 225 16 The Pitch 229 17 Author Bio-creating something from nothing 235 18 Word Count 239 19 The Snooze-less Query letter 241 20 The s-s-sy-sy-synopsis 249 21 Submissions Advice 255 22 Après le query/submission 259 23 Rejection 263 24 "So why did you reject me?" 267 25 The Promotion plan 271 Section 3: "Chumming the Waters" 277 26 Publishers Are Not Created Equally 279 27 The Players 283 28 Print-on-Demand-POD 287 29 Questions every writer should ask a publisher before querying 299 30 Vanity/Subsidy Publication-pay to play 303 Section 4: "The Writer's Survival Style Guide" 307 31 When a manuscript feels sick 309 32 Punctuation Beerfest 315 33 Submission Autopsy - Part 1 - Show vs. Tell 319 34 Submission Autopsy - Part 2-Backstory Fluff and Good Intentions 323 35 Submission Autopsy - Part 3-Dialog tags 327 36 Submission Autopsy - Part 4-POV 331 37 Physical Descriptions in Blocks of Text-Watch Out For Those Bosoms 337 38 Survival Style Guide 339 39 Watchful Writing - Mind Your Characters 359 40 Do Miracles Happen? 363 Conclusion 367 Index 368
Introduction How To Use This Book Section 1: Interviews-Casting the flyrod 3 1 Agents 5 2 The Book Review 49 3 Marketing and Sales 75 4 Book Shepherd 95 5 Bookstore events 115 6 Cover design 125 7 Distributor 143 8 Independent Editor 154 9 Warehouse Distribution 163 10 Internet Resources 169 11 Publicists 191 12 Websites 205 Conclusion 212 Section 2: "Forget the bait pass me the Maalox": The Submission Process 213 13 Before You Bait Your Hook 215 14 Myth busting 219 15 The Log Line 225 16 The Pitch 229 17 Author Bio-creating something from nothing 235 18 Word Count 239 19 The Snooze-less Query letter 241 20 The s-s-sy-sy-synopsis 249 21 Submissions Advice 255 22 Après le query/submission 259 23 Rejection 263 24 "So why did you reject me?" 267 25 The Promotion plan 271 Section 3: "Chumming the Waters" 277 26 Publishers Are Not Created Equally 279 27 The Players 283 28 Print-on-Demand-POD 287 29 Questions every writer should ask a publisher before querying 299 30 Vanity/Subsidy Publication-pay to play 303 Section 4: "The Writer's Survival Style Guide" 307 31 When a manuscript feels sick 309 32 Punctuation Beerfest 315 33 Submission Autopsy - Part 1 - Show vs. Tell 319 34 Submission Autopsy - Part 2-Backstory Fluff and Good Intentions 323 35 Submission Autopsy - Part 3-Dialog tags 327 36 Submission Autopsy - Part 4-POV 331 37 Physical Descriptions in Blocks of Text-Watch Out For Those Bosoms 337 38 Survival Style Guide 339 39 Watchful Writing - Mind Your Characters 359 40 Do Miracles Happen? 363 Conclusion 367 Index 368
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