Newsletter: How to Get Your Book Published

Find 9 ways to a faster book deal, which sample chapters to send agents, how to write the perfect query, and more! [Web Version]( &p1=%40OnJMhLSAOjhN7%2FcaNeFwWdJFpJvyaWCnqFKxYHI1ydc%3D) [Writers Market]( ) [Writer's Digest]( &cid=DM120644&bid=1177285122) [Writer's Market]( ) [WD University]( ) [WD Shop]( ) [Robert Lee Brewer]( ) Writing a book is one goal, but the next one (and honestly, sometimes the first one) is to get a book published. So this newsletter shares 9 ways to a faster book deal, how to write the perfect query, which sample chapters to send agents, and more. —Robert Lee Brewer Follow [@robertleebrewer]( ) More on Getting Your Book Published 9 Ways to a Faster Book Deal After 22 years of struggling to build a writing career, six months of rejections on the road to landing literary representation, and then another six months until that agent found a fantastic editor to take me on, I still had to wait 18 months for my debut book to come out. I was told this was fast. For a wildly impatient and broke 42-year-old journalist used to quickly seeing print in daily newspapers and webzines, that seemed like a lifetime. Since then, over the course of publishing nine books with some of the top houses in the country—and helping 80 of my writing students get book deals during the last decade—I've learned that, fortunately, there are ways to speed up the process while improving both your prose and your chances. [Read More...]( &cid=DM120644&bid=1177285122) [Name]( ) &p1={EMAIL}&p2=250034772 &p1={EMAIL}&p2=250034772 &p1={EMAIL}&p2=250034772 The Craft & Business of Writing [Which Sample Chapters Should You Send to Agents?]( &cid=DM120644&bid=1177285122) You wouldn't start reading a novel in the middle, would you? Seems silly to ask an agent to do so. Your goal with the agent (just as with your future bookstore customer) is to hook him into your story with Page 1, so always send the first few chapters of your novel. If those aren't some of the strongest in your manuscript, then the tough truth is that you shouldn't be querying yet. [Read More...]( &cid=DM120644&bid=1177285122) [How an Indie Author Landed a Traditional Book Deal]( &cid=DM120644&bid=1177285122) Every journey leading to publication and success is different, but there is one thing each writer's path has in common with every other writer's path: hard work. It's not easy to write a novel. Period. You have to juggle a lot of plates in the air, and these are not just the fragile, breakable plates of a novel— plot, character’s eye color, historical events, etc.—but also the spinning plates of keeping your life humming along smoothly. Many of us have to both write and work a day job, or cook for a family, or take care of a sick child, or any number of other, practical tasks. [Read More...]( &cid=DM120644&bid=1177285122) [Agent Alert: Keely Boeving of WordServe Literary]( &cid=DM120644&bid=1177285122) Keely represents projects in the both the general and Christian markets. She is actively seeking nonfiction and memoir as well as select adult and MG fiction. She is particularly interested in well-researched nonfiction books in the areas of parenting and family life; health and wellness; the intersection of faith and culture; business (especially books targeting women in the workplace); social justice; and religious studies; as well as projects from diverse and under-represented voices. For the Christian market, she is seeking books in the areas of Christian Living, spiritual transformation, devotion and worship, and women's topics including motherhood, relationships and marriage, and calling. [Read More...]( &cid=DM120644&bid=1177285122) [How to Write the Perfect Query Letter]( &cid=DM120644&bid=1177285122) One of the easiest ways to learn what makes a good, standard query letter is simply to see an example of one that does its job well. If you write fiction or narrative nonfiction, a query letter is your first (and often, your only) chance to get an agent interested in reading (and, with hope, signing) your work. You should put just as much care and attention into crafting and polishing your query as you did into your manuscript. After all, if your pitch doesn't hit its mark, your book will never leave your desktop. [Read More...]( &cid=DM120644&bid=1177285122) [Class feature]( ) [Catch an Agent With Your First Pages!]( ) Learn how to hook an agent from the beginning of your book with the upcoming [How to Catch an Agent's Interest with Your First Pages]( ) course. 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