Use a real camera — or a real photographer — for your author head shot.
If an editor or publisher asks you for a photo, it’s natural these days to point your phone at yourself and snap.
But it’s also natural to hate how you look in a selfie, especially your nose.
Rather than blame the camera, some people find fault with their nose. Yet instead of … Continue reading
There are good reasons to summarize your novel.
Yes, an agent or an editor really expects you, in your book proposal, to compress your novel, no matter its length, to only three pages.
Impossible? Welcome to the world of professional novelists.
A clients whose middle-grade novel I’d edited asked me to check her proposal before she sent it to an agent. All was going well until I … Continue reading
Do you impose your own deadlines?
This past Saturday, I planned to work eight hours for my client. My estimate fell short. Eight hours put my goal in sight, but not yet reached. So after dinner, I worked another hour or two until I finished those pages.
Because of that, Monday I was free to start the next section — one step closer to the project’s … Continue reading