How To Write A Book When You Have A Full-Time Job
elitedaily.com – Tuesday May 10, 2016
It took me five minutes to write this sentence.
Five minutes of staring into space until the idea of writing an opening line about how long it took me to think of an opening line popped into my head.
In the grand scheme of things, five minutes isn’t all that long. But for a writer, five minutes for nine words can add up.
New Magazine Listing
firstwriter.com – Tuesday May 10, 2016
Publishes: Fiction; Poetry
Areas include: Short Stories
Markets: Adult
Preferred styles: Literary
Publishes poetry and flash fiction. Submit up to five poems or up to five pieces of flash fiction by post or via online submission system. Online submissions require payment of a $3 fee.
Mark Billingham: why research comes last, and other crime-writing tricks
irishtimes.com – Monday May 9, 2016
Research can get you into trouble. It’s important, of course, but there are pitfalls. An obvious one – especially when writing dark crime novels – is that you can occasionally find yourself dealing with someone who doesn’t see the world in quite the way you do and certainly shouldn’t be left alone with sharp objects. Once, after posting on a forensic anthropology website for information on the speed at which a body might decompose under a particular set of circumstances, I received the following email.
New Literary Agency Listing
firstwriter.com – Monday May 9, 2016
Handles: Fiction; Nonfiction;
Areas: Autobiography; Biography; Business; Historical; Science; Short Stories;
Markets: Adult;
Treatments: Commercial; Literary; Popular
No screenplays, poetry, self-help, or genre fiction, including mystery, romance or science fiction. Send queries by post only, with SASE (or return email address) and up to 25 pages of sample material.
New Magazine Listing
firstwriter.com – Monday May 9, 2016
Publishes: Essays; Fiction; Nonfiction; Poetry
Markets: Adult
Preferred styles: Literary
Publishes literary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction and narrative journalism relating to specific themes for each issue. Send one piece of prose between 2,000 and 7,500 words or up to three poems per issue, by email. See website for current theme and full submission guidelines.
What you read affects your writing – so choose carefully
news.ufl.edu – Saturday May 7, 2016
Educators have studied the processes of reading and writing, and the development of skills in each area, but never how one influences the other. In a groundbreaking study in the May issue of the International Journal of Business Administration, University of Florida associate professor Yellowlees Douglas and graduate student Samantha Miller discovered strong correlations between the complexity of graduate students’ reading and their writing.
Assistant Production Editor - Bloomsbury Publishing
publishersweekly.com – Saturday May 7, 2016
Bloomsbury Publishing is seeking an Assistant Production Editor for the adult trade division. This is an entry-level position, ideally suited to someone new to publishing but with a strong interest in managing editorial. Candidates should be self-motivated, organized, and attentive to detail.
Writing crime with Donna Leon, Duncan Campbell and Barry Forshaw – books podcast
theguardian.com – Friday May 6, 2016
In this week’s podcast, we investigate the enduring appeal of crime in literature. Duncan Campbell, for decades one of the UK’s most distinguished crime correspondents, looks back through a murky history that began with reports of hangings in the 17th century, assisted in the birth of the novel with Daniel Defoe’s Moll Flanders and has been conflating fact and fiction ever since.
He’s joined by Barry Forshaw, a walking encyclopedia of noir, who explains why the British tradition of crime writing walks to a different beat than the rest of the world.
New Publisher Listing
firstwriter.com – Thursday May 5, 2016
Publishes: Fiction
Areas include: Romance; Westerns
Markets: Treatments; Contemporary
Publishes heart-warming contemporary romances featuring small town America and cowboys, up to 55,000 words. See website for more details and to submit.
Guest post by TR Ragan: Writing in different genres
hypable.com – Wednesday May 4, 2016
TR Ragan joins us to talk about her experiences in writing across different genres, including both romance and thrillers.
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