How do you sneak your social media info into your query? Hey. You peeked. Look in your email settings and find the signature option. Once you've filled out this area, your signature will appear at the bottom of every email you send. Some things you might put in your signature: a tagline your website your... Continue Reading →
Who doesn't like talking about themselves? Well, actually, most writers. Because we're shy, retiring introverts. In the main. But if you don't toot your own horn, who's going to? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g592I-p-dc The trick is to toot cleverly, and at just the right tone and volume to get an agent or editor's attention. The first fact in... Continue Reading →
Querytracker. We’ve mentioned it in some of our blog posts here at Sub It Club already. (It's great for when you have Ants In Your Pants Syndrome.) If you don’t know about Querytracker it’s definitely a tool worth checking into. Querytracker has a database of 1290 agents and is updated regularly. Seriously, you can find... Continue Reading →
You sent off a query letter or submission. Now what to do? Refresh your email every three seconds? Get excited whenever the phone rings? Wait by the mailbox and tear through the mail as soon as it comes every day? All right, all right, sit on your hands for just a minute there. We don't... Continue Reading →
The moment of truth is here: it’s time to access how well we did with our goals for last month and set new ones. Not only evaluating what we did but also the goals themselves—were they SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-bound) and how will they evolve into next month’s goals? What were the... Continue Reading →
As something a bit different today, I'm posting the query letter that sold a non-fiction article sent on spec to a magazine. This particular article was for adult writers, but I think the principles of writing such a query letter are the same: Start with a big hook Show why you are the one especially... Continue Reading →
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