I know so many writers who set their sights on a particular genre, publisher, agent, editor. Their entire life surrounds that. While it’s good to plan—and you should definitely do it—if you aren’t flexible, you’re going to set yourself up for horrible disappointment. For example, I know someone very well who dreamed of publishing for one House. They worked feverously to prepare their manuscript for just that pub house. That’s great but they weren’t even considering any other avenue. They were so caught up with the desire to publish for one particular house, others never even hit their radar. Then the unthinkable happened. That pub house decided to not publish fiction any more. For me, it was just a piece of publishing news. For this individual, it was the end […]
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Finding Balance with Writing & Life: When Life Buckles Your Knees
As July raced to the finish line, I kept one eye on the days flying off the calendar faster than I could catch them and another eye on my growing word count. My third novel was contracted via proposal, so I had my first writing on a deadline. With the help of an incredible beta reader and prayers from my writing support teams, I had this deadline in the bag. No problem. In fact, I was on track to finish early. Not weeks early, but days ahead of schedule. Until life buckled my knees. One week before my deadline, I received a call my father was very ill and was being taken by helicopter to a large hospital three hours away. He underwent major heart surgery, but he didn’t make […]
Read the RestPitching tip #4 – Pitch your EXTERNAL Plot
What is the biggest mistake Authors make when pitching their novel? They pitch the INTERNAL plot instead of the External plot. MBT Pitching tip #4: Pitch your External Plot, not your Internal Plot. Find out HOW in the video! And, to find out how to attend our MBT Pitch and Promotion Seminar – Click HERE! Have a great writing week -go write something Brilliant! Susie May
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Years ago my dad told me, “Write What You Know.” He was right. For that season. I was up against a school deadline and had no idea what to write. His advice prompted me to write about something familiar. So I told a hilarious and come to find out, poignant tale, of driving to school over south Florida dirt roads in the back of my brother’s ’69 Barracuda. But years later, writing what I knew came up short. Yes, I can research and write about any topic! But writing what you know cannot fuel a writer for very long. Then I read a line for Sol Stein’s book that basically said, “Write something only you can say.” Huh? How? What kind of story would that be? Anyone can say what I […]
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