What is copyright? How do I copyright my book? How do I avoid copyright infringement? When should I register the copyright for my manuscript?
World Book and Copyright Day is April 23. In honor of it, I thought I’d answer some frequently asked questions about intellectual property and your books.
Read MoreThe author biography is an important part of your toolkit as a writer. Primarily it shares your existing professional and publication credits with the person reading it, which means it’s something of an appeal to your authority as a good, experienced writer.
If you’re new to the process, let me give you a couple general rules to follow as you craft your author biography. Then I’ll give you more specific rules to follow when it comes to author bios in query letters, submission letters, and as bylines for published articles.
Read MoreEspecially if you are an aspiring author looking for a book deal, you should get enthusiastic about email newsletters—at least the ones covering trade publishing news. There are many reasons that we as writers should follow industry news, more than I could brainstorm for one blog. The following three are just the tip of what I hope is a very convincing iceberg.
Read MoreWhat does it mean if a literary agent sends you a form rejection? What about a polite rejection or a “Revise & Resubmit”? Demystify these types of correspondence and learn what you should and shouldn’t do when they land in your inbox.
Read MoreIt’s September, which means that literary magazines are shaking off summertime drowsiness and reopening to submissions. Unless your goal is simply to be published in a lit mag, any lit mag, you should make your submission process as strategic as possible.
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