From the Mailbag: On Writing and Publishing

L asks:

Could you please post a section on your website providing tips to novice writers (like myself) on how to successfully get your novel out there. I’m very curious to read your query letter.

Your wish is my command. Over the years, I’ve amassed quite a few posts on the writing industry and bits of writing and publishing advice. In the column on the right, you’ll find several of my favorites listed under “On Writing and Publishing,” including the query letter that landed me my agent six years ago. Keep in mind that these posts have been written over the better part of a decade. Some things that may have been true (or at least more prevalent then) might have changed. For instance, when I queried my agent, she was one of only a few agents accepting electronic queries. Now, I believe that’s the norm.

Regular blog readers, if there’s a post of mine you think belongs on this list but isn’t there, let me know! (You can find a lot of them under the tag “writing industry“.

And if there is a burning writing or publishing question you have that isn’t answered on that list, let me know that as well. I’m always happy to do more!