Two weeks to go. - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T15:58:53Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/537324:Topic:73930?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A73947&feed=yes&xn_auth=noJordan Dane, whose first book…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-09-28:537324:Comment:766352007-09-28T02:26:45.404ZJackBludishttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JackBludis
Jordan Dane, whose first book hasn't even come out yet, has a lot of good advice for new writers. (She's already contracted for six books with major publishers.)<br />
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Here's her website: <a href="http://www.jordandane.com/writers.php">http://www.jordandane.com/writers.php</a><br />
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She is also a regular contributor here on Crimespace. If you don't know her, pal up. She's at:<br />
<a href="http://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JordanDane">http://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JordanDane</a><br />
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Jack
Jordan Dane, whose first book hasn't even come out yet, has a lot of good advice for new writers. (She's already contracted for six books with major publishers.)<br />
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Here's her website: <a href="http://www.jordandane.com/writers.php">http://www.jordandane.com/writers.php</a><br />
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She is also a regular contributor here on Crimespace. If you don't know her, pal up. She's at:<br />
<a href="http://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JordanDane">http://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JordanDane</a><br />
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Jack Jon, you do good replies to e…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-09-28:537324:Comment:766322007-09-28T02:21:05.469ZJackBludishttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JackBludis
Jon, you do good replies to everything I've seen.<br />
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But too much Xanax and alcohol can equal death.<br />
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Jack
Jon, you do good replies to everything I've seen.<br />
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But too much Xanax and alcohol can equal death.<br />
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Jack Best of luck to you.
You've…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-09-23:537324:Comment:747552007-09-23T00:58:50.107ZKevin Allmanhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/kevinallman
Best of luck to you.<br />
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You've already gotten lots of good advice about agents, and I have little to add. It's an extraordinarily tricky relationship; you're paying him or her (oh, yes, you are) for career advice, for salesmanship, for legal knowledge, and a whole subgumbo of psychological hand-holding. (Agents earn their bones, for the most part.)<br />
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For me, it's a question of finding someone who is both a fierce advocate of your work and simultaneously gimlet-eyed <i>and</i> realistic about its…
Best of luck to you.<br />
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You've already gotten lots of good advice about agents, and I have little to add. It's an extraordinarily tricky relationship; you're paying him or her (oh, yes, you are) for career advice, for salesmanship, for legal knowledge, and a whole subgumbo of psychological hand-holding. (Agents earn their bones, for the most part.)<br />
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For me, it's a question of finding someone who is both a fierce advocate of your work and simultaneously gimlet-eyed <i>and</i> realistic about its (and your) potential...which is an odd, but necessary, contradiction in terms.<br />
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Be cheerful, be confident, don't be arrogant or demanding...and don't be buffaloed.<br />
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Bonne chance! Thanks for the site. Amazing…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-09-21:537324:Comment:744102007-09-21T13:56:01.701ZPatricia Abbotthttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/pattinase
Thanks for the site. Amazing how differently various sites tell how to write the letter. But I liked this one a lot.
Thanks for the site. Amazing how differently various sites tell how to write the letter. But I liked this one a lot. Another bump for annemini.com…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-09-21:537324:Comment:743412007-09-21T06:10:49.733ZTom Barclayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MacCZpilot
Another bump for annemini.com. The Perfesser is cogent, consistent, funny, insightful, and gives you directions in pieces small enough to put on notecards (to be reshuffled according to need).
Another bump for annemini.com. The Perfesser is cogent, consistent, funny, insightful, and gives you directions in pieces small enough to put on notecards (to be reshuffled according to need). I found my agent by checking…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-09-21:537324:Comment:743092007-09-21T03:07:11.798ZDana Kinghttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DanaKing
I found my agent by checking the acknowledgments at the back of a book that I liked, written in a similar style.<br />
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As for the query letter, the article contained at this link helped me a lot.<br />
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<a href="http://www.bksp.org/secondarypages/articles/agentseditors/PClaughton1.htm">http://www.bksp.org/secondarypages/articles/agentseditors/PClaughton1.htm</a><br />
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Good luck.
I found my agent by checking the acknowledgments at the back of a book that I liked, written in a similar style.<br />
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As for the query letter, the article contained at this link helped me a lot.<br />
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<a href="http://www.bksp.org/secondarypages/articles/agentseditors/PClaughton1.htm">http://www.bksp.org/secondarypages/articles/agentseditors/PClaughton1.htm</a><br />
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Good luck. the very best of luck to you,…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-09-20:537324:Comment:742182007-09-20T20:35:00.187Zcarole gillhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/PhyllisDietrichson
the very best of luck to you, also. I hope to be where you are in a few months. my very best wishes to you. Just go for it. You'll get there. (that's what they tell me and Patricia, I believe it!) all the very best!
the very best of luck to you, also. I hope to be where you are in a few months. my very best wishes to you. Just go for it. You'll get there. (that's what they tell me and Patricia, I believe it!) all the very best! Thanks, Jon. I prefer Ativan…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-09-20:537324:Comment:741972007-09-20T20:04:49.179ZPatricia Abbotthttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/pattinase
Thanks, Jon. I prefer Ativan and wine, but any of the above will do.
Thanks, Jon. I prefer Ativan and wine, but any of the above will do. Your good wishes count plenty.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-09-20:537324:Comment:740892007-09-20T11:17:19.288ZPatricia Abbotthttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/pattinase
Your good wishes count plenty.
Your good wishes count plenty. Best of luck!
Um, I don't re…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-09-20:537324:Comment:740612007-09-20T05:59:15.230ZAngiehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/slackerwriter
Best of luck!<br />
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Um, I don't really have any pithy advice, but I'm sure you'll do just fine!
Best of luck!<br />
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Um, I don't really have any pithy advice, but I'm sure you'll do just fine!