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GET AN AGENT | Editor Unleashed

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

<![CDATA[I won an e-book from Editor Unleashed: Get an Agent (regularly $15). It looks great -- here's a little information about it from the website: GET AN AGENT It’s no secret that getting a literary agent can be just as difficult as writing a book. And of course, you’d rather be writing than spending your [...]

Delmarva Review open to submissions

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

The Delmarva Review Seeks New Prose and Poetry Submissions Now Through Dec. 31, 2008 The Delmarva Review, a regional literary review open to all writers, is now calling for submissions of new poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction through Dec. 31, 2008, for the second issue. The editors will consider writers’ “best unpublished work.” The Review [...]

Storyglossia reopens to submissions; no more feedback

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

STORYGLOSSIA has re-opened to submissions with new guidelines. Reading during July and August for the September issue. Submission deadline is August 31st. After much consideration I have decided to no longer provide feedback when rejecting stories (although there will surely will be some rare exceptions). Simply put, there are only two reasons a story gets [...]

A couple of suggestions for book publicists

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

1) Grammar, spelling, and punctuation are important — not just for the author, for you, too. 2) Here in the 21st century, web sites are no longer “under construction,” or “coming soon.” They either exist or they don’t. They either contain information, or they don’t. It is a poor reflection on the author if his [...]