alg: P&Ls and how books make (or don't) money: part the first: the mass market original complete failure

This link will take you to an article written by an editor at Tor, which delineates the cost of printing a mass market book. Interesting stuff!

alg: P&Ls and how books make (or don't) money: part the first: the mass market original complete failure

Building Fictional Characters

A lot of useful information here on building characters.

Building Fictional Characters

WSJ.com - Publishers' Solution to Slow Sales: My Story (And His, Too)

Great news for memoir writers in the Washington Post article. Despite James Frey's deception, the memoir market still thrives and did not explode into a million little pieces.

WSJ.com - Publishers' Solution to Slow Sales: My Story (And His, Too)

Fresh And Original

Agent Kristen at Pub Rants posted this exceedingly relevant article about having an original story line. It is relevant because last night I had attended a MWA Mentor Panel in New York City with agents, an editor and authors. One of the topics of conversation was having an outstanding hook. Kristen echoes this sentiment. I would strongly recommend reading her post at http://pubrants.blogspot.com/.

How code-cracking treasure hunts and pre-dawn press-ups have made Brown the bestseller he is

Ah, behind every successful man there is a good woman. In Dan Brown's testimony while under cross-examination, he admitted that his wife carried out much of the research for The Da Vinci Code.

Read about Dan Brown's climb from obscurity to household name.

Business Analysis: Women's weeklies back in vogue as publishers cash in

May be a good market for subbing.

Writers Watch Your Backs!

The James Frey effect. Tsunami or ripple?

The Slush God Speaketh: Slush Annoyance of the Day: 2/28/06

Blog hosted by Assistant Editor, Fantasy & Science Fiction.

The Slush God Speaketh: Slush Annoyance of the Day: 2/28/06

Almost Done with the Novel? Read this.

This is excellent advice from an agent about finishing a novel. Please read it and learn as I did.

http://misssnark.blogspot.com/2006/03/almost-done-with-novel-read-this.html

Rejection

It's nice to know that writers aren't the only people in the world that receive rejections. The above link shows how the other half lives and also receives rejections.

It's not often that we get to see this perspective.

Miss Snark: The Index

Drum roll . . . Introducing the Snarkives -- An index of Miss Snark's archived posts, now accessible by topic. If you haven't yet sauntered over to http://misssnark.blogspot.com/ test drive the index and see her invaluable resource in a more organized format. Once you have stuck your toe into the cool waters of literary reason, dive into http://misssnark.blogspot.com/ -- and go mad.

Miss Snark: The Index

alg: Pitching and Catching. (Hahaha, thanks, SerialKarma.)

How to pitch an editor at a writer's conference, as written by an editor.

alg: Pitching and Catching. (Hahaha, thanks, SerialKarma.)

Romance novels for women get frankly sexual - Yahoo! News

More sex in books. The sheet hits the fan!

Romance novels for women get frankly sexual - Yahoo! News

Pub Rants

Another great agent blog to bookmark. It's fantastic that these agents take the time to post their thoughts to help writers. Really, anything you glean from these sites is gold.

Pub Rants