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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This is amazing. Thank you so much for this priceless information.
I have just completed my first novel and wish this had been available a year ago. Even so, it seems I have been doing things right so confirmation is great after so much work. Tonight I will sleep well!
Thank you again
Kate Lewis
Gee, I liked this a lot. Thanks for sharing so much knowledge. I hope you do more. And your software looks interesting, too.
~ John
A report of publishers that will work directly with authors is mentioned in this podcast. How can I get the link mentioned? I have a novel that I’m finding it difficult to place with an agent. It’s a Sherlock Holmes novel that introduces a vampire tragi-villain for which I’ve planned a series of novels. Is this too unclear a genre to sell?
Hi Dean,
Here’s a link to the Special Report about working directly with publishers: http://writeanovelfast.com/putting-myself-out-of-business/. I think your novel’s genre is clear: it’s first and foremost a Sherlock Holmes novel, which has a vampire element.
All best,
Evan