The weekly collection of writing-related resources, news, and reflections to read over the weekend.
Some practical tips from GalleyCat: “5 Ways to Find an Agent for Your Book.”
Sad to say, if you’ve got a short-story collection to sell, it’s possible that not even the most diligent agent search may yield representation. It’s a common experience we short-story writers encounter, as Becky Tuch noted this week in “Nice Short Story Collection. But Do You Have a Novel?”
A litmag editor shares “5 quick & dirty submission tips that you won’t find in anyone’s submission guidelines.” (via Diane Lockward’s poetry newsletter)
Speaking of litmags: I’ve long recommended (and relied on, and occasionally donated to) Duotrope’s litmag database. Now, Duotrope has announced that it will begin charging for full access to/benefits from its site. Lots of chatter about this online this week. What say you? I’ll share this: I haven’t decided if I’ll subscribe myself, but I have purchased a six-month gift subscription as a birthday present for a writer friend.
The Writer magazine previews a slew of writing-related books slated for publication in 2013. (Could be especially useful for those of you mapping out possible book reviews for 2013.)
Finally, a lovely essay on writing by author Silas House. I can’t even summarize it. Please just give it a read.
Have a great weekend, everyone. See you back here on Monday!
Thx again Erika! I enjoy reading your offerings as well as sharing them with my friends and FB.
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The Tuch and House essays are excellent. Thanks for circulating them.
What a gem this Friday Finds is. Loved Karyna McGlynn’s submission tips and Silas House’s essay was the best 1o minutes I’ve spent today. That’s a keeper! Another wonderful nudge to a writing weekend – thanks Erika!
Thanks, all! I love knowing which links somehow “speak” to you especially clearly. Have a great weekend!
Those 5 tips for submissions were really great. Never heard of the gulf coast before too, it looks good.
Keep up the good work/writing.
Loved the Silas House essay. I am about to go to the grocery store myself as my own character King Neptune to get some daily fodder before the day begins….
Hi Erica! The Silas House essay was a nice reminder. And I loved the 5 submission tips — I follow these mostly anyway but it was great to hear from a colleague about what’s working and to think about submitting as a game! Thanks for posting, Gigi
So it seems that the House essay is a real hit!