Once an agent (or publisher) comes back with a rejection you should accept it and not reply back to the rejection you have been given. Once you are rejected you should never reply back. Not something sarcastic, and not even a 'thank you for your consideration.'
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Ashley
Friday, November 9, 2012
How to Find a Literary Agent Part 2
Another way to find a literary agent is to go to your bookshelf, pick up a book, and flip to the Acknowledgements page. Read over the page carefully. You are searching for a name of a literary agent. You can than take that name and Google:
(The name of the literary agent you have found) literary agent.
A bunch of pages should pull up, so all you have to do is click on a page and see if it says what literary agency it's from.
(The name of the literary agent you have found) literary agent.
A bunch of pages should pull up, so all you have to do is click on a page and see if it says what literary agency it's from.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Self-Publishing
I will admit, I don't know much about self-publishing.
The book I'm writing now will be self-published. The self-publishing book I recommended in the post before is very helpful, and not just for self-publishing. There are tips that will help you with publishing the classic way.
There are multiple websites that you can publish your book on, the one that I most recommend is Lulu.com
CreateSpace is one that I wouldn't recommend because you would only be selling your book from Amazon. If you self-published your book on Lulu.com it would go on every E-book. Nook, Kindle, iPad, etc.
Before you self-publish you should copyright your book. You can look at my last post if you want more information on copyright.
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Ashley
The book I'm writing now will be self-published. The self-publishing book I recommended in the post before is very helpful, and not just for self-publishing. There are tips that will help you with publishing the classic way.
There are multiple websites that you can publish your book on, the one that I most recommend is Lulu.com
CreateSpace is one that I wouldn't recommend because you would only be selling your book from Amazon. If you self-published your book on Lulu.com it would go on every E-book. Nook, Kindle, iPad, etc.
Before you self-publish you should copyright your book. You can look at my last post if you want more information on copyright.
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Ashley
Copyright Part 2
This is more information on Copyrighting. I thought that some of you would want more information on it so you know the best way to do it.
www.plagiarismtoday.com/stopping-internet-plagiarism/your-copyrights-online/3-copyright-myths/
www.plagiarismtoday.com/stopping-internet-plagiarism/your-copyrights-online/3-copyright-myths/
Recommended Books
I've only read one book on how to get published, the rest I Googled. But I've also read one Self-Publishing book. I want to share them with you, they were really helpful to me.
The self publish book (if you are interested) is called: How to PUBLISH, PROMOTE, and SELL your OWN BOOK (the insiders guide to everything you need to know about self-publishing, from pastup to publicity)-- by -- Robert Lawrence Holt
The other book is: Getting your BOOK PUBLISHED for DUMMIES -- by -- Sarah Parsons Zackheim and Adrian Zackheim (including hot tips from top publishers and agents)
Length of Your Book
Okay so I know some of you are wondering how many pages does my book have to be? and I have the answer for you. But, actually, it doesn't matter how many pages your book or novel is. It matters how many words your novel has.
Sifi and fantasy books can be anywhere up to 150, 000 words.
Middle Grade -- up to 50, 000 words.
Kids books are very short. You can look at one and decide for yourself, there is no specific word limit. It just has to be short.
Teen -- 50, 000--to--80, 000 words.
Nonfiction books can be any amount of words, as long as it's over 50, 000 words.
I hope this helps.
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Ashley
Sifi and fantasy books can be anywhere up to 150, 000 words.
Middle Grade -- up to 50, 000 words.
Kids books are very short. You can look at one and decide for yourself, there is no specific word limit. It just has to be short.
Teen -- 50, 000--to--80, 000 words.
Nonfiction books can be any amount of words, as long as it's over 50, 000 words.
I hope this helps.
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Ashley
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Teen Writers
I know for a fact that there are teenage writers out there that want to get published. I can't be the only one. If you want to start out with something small there is a website called, Teen Ink. You can post your work on their website and try to get published. Pictures go in their magazine too.
If the people that own the website like your work they will publish it in their Teen Ink magazine. Exciting, right? I have a few things on there, but I'm better at writing novels (in my opinion) I enjoy writing novels more.
Anyway, if you want to get published don't give up if you get a few rejections. It's no big deal, after all J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series was rejected 8 times! You can bet everything you have that the people that rejected her got fired from their companies.
Now, when you write your query letter and you're worried that the agent or publishing house you are sending your query letter too, there is a simple solution. Don't put your age and you will be judged by your writing like every adult.
I plan to do an experiment soon. I'm going to send a query letter that has my age in my BIO. (You don't have to write a BIO in your query unless if you're writing nonfiction or they request it). If I remember to do it (I have a terrible memory) I will put it on here.
I want to help bring confidence to other teenagers that write and want to get their work published. So I'm going to put two publishing houses on this post for you.
Sourcebook
&
Entangled publishing
Send in your work! Don't twice about it, just do it! And good luck!!!
--
Ashley
P.S.
Don't listen to those people who say teenagers suck at writing. Most of the time it isn't true, though I have seen suckish work from other teens on Teen Ink. Just ignore it, if you have full confidence in your work just send it in!
If the people that own the website like your work they will publish it in their Teen Ink magazine. Exciting, right? I have a few things on there, but I'm better at writing novels (in my opinion) I enjoy writing novels more.
Anyway, if you want to get published don't give up if you get a few rejections. It's no big deal, after all J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series was rejected 8 times! You can bet everything you have that the people that rejected her got fired from their companies.
Now, when you write your query letter and you're worried that the agent or publishing house you are sending your query letter too, there is a simple solution. Don't put your age and you will be judged by your writing like every adult.
I plan to do an experiment soon. I'm going to send a query letter that has my age in my BIO. (You don't have to write a BIO in your query unless if you're writing nonfiction or they request it). If I remember to do it (I have a terrible memory) I will put it on here.
I want to help bring confidence to other teenagers that write and want to get their work published. So I'm going to put two publishing houses on this post for you.
Sourcebook
&
Entangled publishing
Send in your work! Don't twice about it, just do it! And good luck!!!
--
Ashley
P.S.
Don't listen to those people who say teenagers suck at writing. Most of the time it isn't true, though I have seen suckish work from other teens on Teen Ink. Just ignore it, if you have full confidence in your work just send it in!
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