Steven Hutson

Has God called you to write? Get educated. Even the prophets in the Bible had human teachers. #pubtip

Good made us as social beings. Find a community of writers and invite brutal critiques., Then help someone else. #pubtip

Chat rooms and message boards are lousy places to learn about pub'g. Very bad advice in there from inexperienced folk. #pubtip

Preditors & Editors has gone offline, because they finally realized that a huge portion of their info was inaccurate. This is good. #pubtip

When you seek to get published, you've entered a Darwinian jungle where only the fittest survive. No one owes you a thing. #pubtip

If you're writing a book, that makes you a self-employed business owner. Treat it that way. #pubtip

Are you pitching the right agents? If not, don't blame them for saying no. #pubtip

Your target audience is not "women." Keep thinking. #pubtip

Know the customary word count range for your genre. #pubtip

You think professional editing costs too much? You might never know what you've lost, without it. #pubtip

You think writers' conferences cost too much? Consider the cost of making all the same connections on your own. #pubtip

If you're rejected by trad pubs, their reasons will still matter when you go self-pub. Think about it. #pubtip

When submitting your work, everything matters: Genre, font, formatting, grammar, the smallest things. Don't blow it. #pubtip

Tired of unresponsive editors and agents? Meet them at a conference. Pay the freight. #pubtip

Self-pub companies aren't in business to sell books. They're in biz to sell services to you. #pubtip

Most books get rejected by pubs without reading. Give them a reason to read yours. #pubtip

Self-pub books are almost always a losing proposition for bookstores. #pubtip

Don't pitch to multiple eds at the same pub. They all weighed in on the first rejection. Don't annoy them and burn the bridge. #pubtip

Don't pitch your book to multiple agents in the same agency. You don't think we talk? Move on. #pubtip

If an editor offers actionable feedback, consider it gold. #pubtip