Novel Writer’s Podcast – Writer’s Coaching Call – Part 1

This is the first part of the Coaching Call held in October, providing some insider secrets, tips and ideas for getting your novel published.

This podcast covers why a sharp focus on genre is more important than ever to publishers, and what you can do about it. Other topics include:

  • How to give your manuscript a special edge that will grab an editor’s attention.
  • The key to finishing a dynamite story.
  • Selling in the current market: what’s hot, what’s not, how to position your novel.
  • Secret methods for submitting your manuscript that publishers don’t tell you.

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NaNoWriMo Success with The Marshall Plan® Novel Writing Software

“I recommend this user friendly software to writers at all levels and, particularly, to new writers.”–Amber Scott

Novelist Amber Scott chronicles her NaNoWriMo experience using The Marshall Plan® Novel Writing Software on 1st Turning Point:
The National Novel Writing Month 50k November 30th finish line is in my rearview mirror and, thanks to The Marshall Plan® Novel [...]

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When Word People Need Design Help

Most of what I write has to do with words. But I’m also a designer of websites, software, and printed materials, and these functions have never come naturally to me. Recently my wife turned me on to Robin Williams’ The Non-Designer’s Design Book, and I wanted to let you know about it if you don’t [...]

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Putting Myself Out of Business

A Special Report
All we hear nowadays is that publishers won’t look at unagented material anymore; the legendary slush pile is dead.
But it’s not true! Even if you don’t have an agent (and these days it’s harder than ever to get one), if your novel is completed you can start submitting right now. A number of [...]

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Report on the Self-Publishing Book Expo

report on the Self-Publishing Expo

On Saturday, November 7, I attended the first Self-Publishing Book Expo at the Sheraton Hotel in New York City. Accompanying me was Martha Jewett, my coauthor on The Marshall Plan® Novel Writing Software. We gave out free copies of my book The Marshall Plan® for Novel Writing and demonstrated the software it’s based on. And [...]

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Free Coaching Call: A Whole New Way to Get Your Novel Published and Sold

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October 4, 9 PM EST
You’re invited to a special writer’s coaching call on Sunday evening, October 4 at 9 p.m. EST. This is a chance to pick up some insider secrets, tips and ideas for getting your novel published.
We will talk about why a sharp focus on genre is more important than ever to publishers–and [...]

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What Literary Agents Look For

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Like other literary agents, I hear from thousands of writers each year, and accept only a tiny fraction of them for representation. What makes these few desirable as clients? What does an agent look for in a writer? Someone who’s:
Original. You’d think it would go without saying that writers should strive to develop fresh story [...]

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