This week's publishing news and industry blogs post covers 9/24-10/6/16. It's been a quiet couple of weeks, all told. Guess everyone's starting to clear their plates with NaNoWriMo on the horizon?
Publishing News
The National Book Awards finalists are revealed.
Penguin Random House unveils a sci-fi/fantasy website.
Industry Blogs
Agent Janet Reid answers questions and offers advice. Does your book's political affiliation hurt your changes of being published? (Not really; agents and readers are pretty diverse too; it's about the writing.) Tired of waiting for a response from an agent; should you just self-publish after a few months? (Why are you only querying one agent? Also, agents have long timelines; if you want self-publish then do so, but not because the agent is responding quickly.)
Agent Nephele Tempest shares Friday links for 9/30 and 9/23.
On the Editor's Blog, mistakes that pull readers out of the story. Never break the suspension of disbelief!
At the Futuristic, Fantasy, and Paranormal blog, how to dump the info dump.
On QueryTracker, an explanation of show don't tell: Don't explain. Just make it happen. Also, how to handle a critique.
Publishing News
The National Book Awards finalists are revealed.
Penguin Random House unveils a sci-fi/fantasy website.
Industry Blogs
Agent Janet Reid answers questions and offers advice. Does your book's political affiliation hurt your changes of being published? (Not really; agents and readers are pretty diverse too; it's about the writing.) Tired of waiting for a response from an agent; should you just self-publish after a few months? (Why are you only querying one agent? Also, agents have long timelines; if you want self-publish then do so, but not because the agent is responding quickly.)
Agent Nephele Tempest shares Friday links for 9/30 and 9/23.
On the Editor's Blog, mistakes that pull readers out of the story. Never break the suspension of disbelief!
At the Futuristic, Fantasy, and Paranormal blog, how to dump the info dump.
On QueryTracker, an explanation of show don't tell: Don't explain. Just make it happen. Also, how to handle a critique.
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