Some members of the Sisters in Crime visited Harper Collins, agent Simon Lipskar of Writers House, Penguin, and Soho Press on their Publisher’s Summit (See their first installment/second installment). They report (according to the folks they met) the hot genre is the thriller, “positioning” the story is key, writers need to write lots (more thanContinue reading “Sisters in Crime Publishers' Summit”
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Sisters in Crime Publishers’ Summit
Some members of the Sisters in Crime visited Harper Collins, agent Simon Lipskar of Writers House, Penguin, and Soho Press on their Publisher’s Summit (See their first installment/second installment). They report (according to the folks they met) the hot genre is the thriller, “positioning” the story is key, writers need to write lots (more thanContinue reading “Sisters in Crime Publishers’ Summit”
Pitch It
Lexi asked me to say more about the “Pitch.” For those of you who don’t know, a “pitch” is a soccer (or for Lexi, a football) field. It is 90-120 meters by…. It is also what an ale brewer does with the wort…. A “pitch” is the selling of a writer and his (or her)Continue reading “Pitch It”
Nullius in Verba 