So, I completely forgot today was Wednesday. Right, like that never happens to you. What, it doesn’t?
Fine, my excuses are virus, geiser, cat, surgery. The virus only marginally hit me, but it went through the entire family like something that goes through the entire family; the geiser was in the downstairs bathroom — thank Heavens from the faucet not the drain. We’ve had that before — and husband fixed it, but it made me spend an afternoon in panic going “Oh no, oh no, oh no, am I going to have to go to a hotel”; the surgery happened to the cat, but it had to be repeated once already because the sutures didn’t hold.
Anyway, so you can tell it’s already been an eventful first month week of the year and why I’d completely forget it was Wednesday until I woke up this morning.
Which brings me to this post and what I’m doing:
I’ve been writing a 13 week series for PJ Media called Selling Your Writing in 13 weeks. Some of you probably have heard of it. However, it’s hard as heck to hunt down all the links. Alert Reader Mike Barker has done that for me, (there might be a couple missing?) so I’m going to paste the links below.
The series is missing two supplemental posts which I’m turning in today: how to write proposals (for traditional) and how to do covers (now I’ve had THE workshop.) So — I’ll add those links when they’re published (probably later this week) as an update. But this gives you an easy place to refer to for what is going on and what I advise. Your mileage may vary; it will probably be different next month; and feel free to ask questions!
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/10/05/payment-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery/
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/10/12/to-market-to-market-with-words-to-peddle/
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/10/19/reasons-to-brave-the-indie-publishing-jungle/
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/10/26/being-a-professional-the-traditional-way/
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/11/02/selling-your-writing-to-the-public/
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/11/09/how-to-make-sure-your-story-is-publishable/
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/11/13/how-to-write-queries-synopsis-and-proposals/
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/11/23/ensuring-your-book-is-all-that-it-can-be/
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/11/30/measuring-up-outlets-for-indie-publishing/
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/12/07/launching-your-book-off-right/
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/12/14/how-to-make-your-book-look-important/
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/12/21/know-when-to-hold-it/
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/12/28/making-the-most-of-what-you-have/
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2014/01/04/selling-your-writing-in-13-weeks-week-13-bringing-it-all-together/
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Oh, good! Joel gave me a partial list, but this will be good to add to the webpage of publication helps I have been collecting.
[…] Selling Your Writing. […]
I prefer to append “?singlepage=true” to PJMedia URLs. Here’s how I’ve organized the list:
How to sell your writing in thirteen weeks
Payment Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
To Market, To Market With Words to Peddle…
Reasons to Brave the Indie Publishing Jungle
Being A Professional, The Traditional Way
Selling Your Writing To The Public
How to Make Sure your Story Is Publishable
How Not To Look Self Published
Ensuring Your Book Is All That It Can be
Launching Your Book Off Right
How to Make Your Book Look Important
Know When to Hold It
Making the Most of What You Have
Week 13: Bringing It All Together
Queries supplement
How to Write Queries, Synopsis and Proposals
You ought to collect and republish these, when you’re done. Depending on your contract with PJM, of course. In your copious spare time. (sarcasm on last sentence only!)
I think PJM is planning to do a series. I THINK. And my fracking copious… never mind.
Thanks!
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Eventful first week indeed. Virus here too. I’ll pray for us both.
Glad to see these collected, I missed so many of them.
You and me both. I got busy in the holidays, and after wiping my computer (long story), I’m now trying to remember all the places I used to go…
Ha! I missed this one!
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/11/16/how-not-to-look-self-published/
Thanks for putting this information together in one easy-to-digest spot Sarah!