Author Offering Constructive Crit

Jessi Webb is offering her constructive criticism to all authors.  Check out her blog for details. 

Rachelle Gardner

Rachelle Gardner is another agent that seems to thrive on giving back to the publishing community. Her blog is absolutely filled with information and tidbits about the publishing industry but there is always a fantastic energy about it. You can tell from her posts that her blog is something she does because she enjoys helping others! So we absolutely had to include her on From Premise to Print. Her blog is one of the very first I check out every single day.

A couple days ago, she posted a blog about the editorial letter. She included a huge list of examples of what types of comments and what kinds of edits could be asked of an author before being published. It was an eye opener!

The Editorial Letter

Preditors and Editors

This one is not a blog but it is a link that is essential for any author to have. Especially those looking to get published. I check out every single agent that I even consider querying on this list.

Preditors and Editors

I know most people checking out this blog will already have this link bookmarked, but if there is a single person who finds this here who doesn't have it... then this post is needed.

The publishing business is already a tough one to try and get into, but it's made so much more difficult by the scam artists out there trying to take money from desperate writers. Being educated will stop writers from being swindled for hundreds and thousands of dollars.

It's what we are all working so hard toward, just to be able to go into your local bookstore and see your name on the spine of a book. Just remember the money should flow toward the author, not away from. Meaning, you shouldn't have to shell out money to hire an agent or to get a publisher to buy your ms.

Personally, I think this might be the most important link that any aspiring author should have.