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Requirements for the Dreaded Synopsis

Nov 22, 2019Suanna DavisPublishing, Refine Your Craft

I attended a workshop with an agent who had critiqued my MG novel at a conference. This is her information. For fiction stories only. NOT for NF. I don’t rep…

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On Editors, Revision, and Writing

Oct 18, 2019Suanna DavisHints and Helps, Publishing, Refine Your Craft

Editors—some good, some bad Usually the edits the editors ask for are necessary to make your book more marketable. Recommendations [are] almost always beneficial. … First writers sometimes won’t finish…

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Finding an Agent

Sep 8, 2019Suanna DavisPublishing, Refine Your Craft

Many years ago I attended a conference presentation on Agent Hunting. Though I do not have an agent (and I haven’t looked for one yet), if you are interested in…

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Picture Book Dummy

Jul 12, 2019Suanna DavisPublishing, Refine Your Craft

No, I am not saying you are a dummy. I need to send a manuscript to an editor. She would take it as a whole manuscript or as a sketch…

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How Many Words?

Jun 25, 2019Suanna DavisIntroductory Information, Publishing, Refine Your Craft

How Many Words? For a while there, I felt like I was rolling the dice to figure this out. I found a lot of different information about how long different…

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How Many Pages in a Picture Book?

Jun 20, 2019Suanna DavisIntroductory Information, Publishing, Refine Your Craft

It depends. A children’s book editor, writing at Editorial Anonymous, explains the pagination of picture books and how the numbers may not mean what you think they mean. It is…

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Exceptions to the No Illustration Notes Rules

Jun 19, 2019Suanna DavisIntroductory Information, Publishing, Refine Your Craft

Johnell Dewitt writes on her blog about Illustration Notes. She discusses examples of how NOT to include them and when they are actually necessary. She quotes one author and interviews…

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Easy Reader & Chapter Books

Jun 2, 2019Suanna DavisIntroductory Information, Publishing, Refine Your Craft

Sean McCarthy, founder and sole agent for Sean McCarthy Literary Agency, gave a presentation at Austin’s SCBWI conference. Essentials: character-based humor (can be gross) STEAM (science, tech, engineering, art, math)…

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What Makes a Project Viable?

May 30, 2019Suanna DavisPublishing, Refine Your Craft

Sean McCarthy, founder and sole agent for Sean McCarthy Literary Agency, discussed what makes a work viable. He gave four requirements. It has an arresting commercial hook. It has an internal…

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Straight From an Agent

May 29, 2019Suanna DavisPublishing, Refine Your Craft

Sean McCarthy, founder and sole agent for Sean McCarthy Literary Agency, gave a presentation at Austin’s SCBWI conference. He said that the author has much more work to do than…

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