May 22 2009
Useful Publishing Blogs
- Query Shark: Condensing a 300 page novel into an intriguing page is difficult, but this site provides excellent advice about how to write queries effectively.
- Pub Rants. The author of this site is friendly and patient. That’s a refreshing change of pace for the publishing industry.
- Evil Editor. This is maybe a bit more humorous than helpful, but it’s quite entertaining. Written by the author of Why You Don’t Get Published.
“Evil Editor” does sound amusing.
I am a big fan of Evil Editor. In fact, I submitted my query for “Don’t Forget the Deathray” because I get the feeling that he knows the nonfiction market better than I do. (In any case, two sets of eyes are better than one).
I’m sort of dreading a response like “dear God, you don’t have a chance of publishing this how-to guide without industry experience,” but even that would be worthwhile.
I’ll back you up! *cough* not that I have any authority/knowledge about … anything … in the publishing industry.