Good literary agents have an inherent interest in taking all queries seriously. The trouble is they are busy, rushed, and have seen it all before. The best approach to getting an agent’s attention is to dazzle him or her from the get-go while simultaneously avoiding certain red flags that agents look for to differentiate work… Continue Reading
Simultaneous Submissions Definition: Simultaneous submissions happen when a writer submits a given work to more than one market (like a literary agency or literary journal) at one time. In other words, if you prepare a short story and send it out to 25+ markets at the same time, you’re making simultaneous submissions. Simultaneous submissions are… Continue Reading
Occasionally, writers who submit their work for Review Board consideration request that we help them get a literary agent to represent their collection of poems. Certainly, there are famous poets who have literary agents. But until you’ve reached the level of “rock star” poet, seeking a literary agent to represent your writing might be something of… Continue Reading
Writing dialogue in memoirs or nonfiction books makes people nervous. And with good reason! Novelists base their work on fabrications of varying extents; memoirists and writers of narrative nonfiction have to be prepared to stand behind their every word as fact. So, if nonfiction is about fact, then what should a writer do about writing… Continue Reading
Write poetry for enough years, and you may discover a day when you have enough poems to publish a book. There are a number of ways to get your poetry collection published, but they all have one thing in common: The more individual poems you’ve already published by the time you start thinking about your… Continue Reading
