How hard an act is Edie Ramer to follow? It takes two of us–Kecia Adams and Pat O’Dea Rosen–to replace her on the Industry News beat. Eventually, we hope to fill Edie’s shoes.
Curtis Brown Ltd. agent Sarah LaPolla blogs about five quick fixes to improve your manuscript’s chance of snagging an agent’s interest here.
Writers interested in self publishing will appreciate the links GalleyCat rounded up to the following free formatting guides: Smashworks Style Guide, Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines, Barnes & Noble’s ePub Formatting Guide, Apple iBookstore’s Style Guidelines, and the Calibre User Manual. Find the links to those guides here.
Barbara Samuel, WF-RWA’s own Wise Woman, chatted with Jennifer Cruisie about ebooks, then they transcribed the talk, and posted it on their May 9 and 10 blogs. Check out Samuel’s A Writer Afoot and Cruisie’s Argh Ink. Cruisie’s May 11 posting wraps up the chat and features the writers’ musings on what makes a good editor and a good beta reader.
Brenda Novak’s Seventh Annual Online Auction continues through May. This benefit for juvenile diabetes holds benefits for writers, too. Head here to bid on reads from editors and agents, books, and networking opportunities.
Another auction of note is HELP WRITE NOW, an online effort of writers to raise funds for the storm-ravaged South. Bid on full and partial reads by agents, arcs, books, and more.
Speaking of contests, Michelle Diener alerted us to important information authors who run contests and other promotions on Facebook should know. Read all about it here.
Pat, I love Top Chef, too. The contestants remind me of writers.
Great post! You two more than fill my size 6 shoes.
The Industry News section is such an important part of the newsletter. Thanks, Edie, for all your hard work in the past – I checked out every article. I know your column is in capable hands with Pat and Kecia. Cheers to them for taking it on. Much appreciated, ladies!