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Author:

Price, Lynn, 1956-

Title:

The writer's essential tackle box : getting a hook on the publishing industry / by Lynn Price.

Publisher:

Behler Publications,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

368 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Authorship--Marketing.
Books--Marketing.
Publishers and publishing--United States.
Authors and publishers--United States.
Book industries and trade--United States--Employees--Interviews.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Agents -- The book review -- Marketing and sales -- Book shepherd -- Bookstore events -- Cover design -- Distributor -- Independent editor -- Warehouse distribution -- Internet resources -- Publicists -- Websites -- Before you bait your hook -- Myth busting -- The log line -- The pitch -- Author bio : creating something from nothing -- Word count -- The snooze-less query letter -- The s-s-sy-sy-synopsis -- Submissions advice -- Apres le query/submission -- Rejection -- "So why did you reject me?" -- The promotion plan -- Publishers are not created equally -- The players -- Print on demand : POD -- Questions every writer should ask a publisher before querying -- Vanity/subsidy publication : pay to play -- When a manuscript feels sick -- Punctuation beerfest -- Submission autopsy. Part 1, Show vs. tell -- Submission autopsy. Part 2, Backstory, fluff and good intentions -- Submission autopsy. Part 3, Dialog tags -- Submission autopsy. Part 4, POV -- Physical descriptions in blocks of text : watch out for those bosoms -- Survival style guide -- Watchful writing : mind your characters -- Do miracles happen?

Series:

Get it write series

ISBN:

1933016345
9781933016344 (pbk. : alk. paper) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)318057781

LCCN:

2009012011

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)