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Today's #pubtip thread is about rejections. For more than 11 years, I have spent every working day both dishing out and receiving multiple rejections daily. It's given me Opinions on how to reject others well & a lot of judgment about people who do it badly. Boo, you people. Boo

What Makes a Successful Author? #PubTip #WriteTip #WednesdayWisdom youtu.be/lJ1oVk4d_yY via @YouTube

My #pubtip tweet thread loyalists :royal wave: will recall that I look at clients and potential clients as a microbiome - a teeming multivariable entity of strengths and weaknesses. Qualifications, authority, voice, marketability, charisma - I’m thinking about them all.

#Pubtip Remember that while one trope or sub-genre might work for one publisher, it does not mean it will work for someone else. Each publisher has their own unique market and following!

Today's #pubtip: among first-time authors, I think *the* most common source of surprise and disappointment is the book tour or lack thereof. This is where I truly want to kill shows like The Affair and, well, any other popular media depiction of the book publishing experience.

Basically your number one job as a writer is to make sure your reader never says Then Who Cares about your characters/plot. #pubtip

Today's #pubtip: in book publishing and in life, you are deluding yourself that you'll stop feeling undeserving and insecure if you just achieve x, whether that's publishing a book, selling x number of copies, losing weight, whatever. You are straight-up deluding yourself.

Some Tips on Creating Your Author Website youtu.be/E4fnthJ_Ypw via @YouTube #WritingCommunity #PubTip

And I’m totally not ragging on self-publishing. It’s a way to go. But it’s not everyone’s way to go if traditional publishing is actually where you want to be. Just be smart about what you want to do and in what order. That’s all. #pubtip

I often have brand-new writers, newly putting pen to page, ask for suggestions on how to dive into this often overwhelming industry. Here are the resources I always recommend: Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody, Story Genius by Lisa Cron, publishingcrawl.com/resources #pubtip

Your main character should try to be ahead of the action in your story!

#author #writing #jewelsofthetrade #SerendipityLit #AmWriting #reads #goodreads #writersdigest #publishing #pub #lithub #pubtip

Here are 3 things you can do while you're working on your book proposal or manuscript to boost your career as a writer and aspiring author. #amwriting #amediting #pubtip

Today's #pubtip: book writing is a really, really terrible career to get into if you just want cool people to like you. Being an agent is a much better choice if that's your personality type. LOL.

Here is something you learn over and over when you're a literary agent who reps nonfiction by extremely smart and perceptive people, often about social justice and often by women: the first person to be right about something usually comes off as a little annoying. #pubtip

So much clear, realistic publishing advice here. #pubtip

For those interested in a career in publishing: “Learning to work at a job takes a lot... It’s an understanding of the corporate environment, learning how to effectively communicate, and seeing what you can do to stand out, while fitting in.” #PubTip bookendsliterary.com/2019/05/22/sec…

How to Deal with Rejection

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#amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity #pubtip

Readers & Writers alike-- it's important to know: Why Pre-Orders Matter youtu.be/Ix1ceiXmbH8 via @YouTube #PubTip

Please don’t pitch your story to agents on Twitter unless it’s a pitch party. If you want to know if the agent will be interested in your MS, query them. Thanks! #amquerying #WritingCommunity #pubtip