publishing Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/tag/publishing/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 10:59:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Two Truths And A Lie: What I’ve Learned Going From Small Press To A Big Publisher https://booksbywomen.org/two-truths-and-a-lie-what-ive-learned-going-from-small-press-to-a-big-publisher-by-nicole-meier/ https://booksbywomen.org/two-truths-and-a-lie-what-ive-learned-going-from-small-press-to-a-big-publisher-by-nicole-meier/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2018 05:01:27 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=23239 We’ve all played this game, or at least some version of it. It’s an icebreaker activity in which partygoers circle up and introduce themselves by telling two true things and one lie. It’s then up to the remainder of the players to guess what is real and what is not. Oftentimes the false statement is […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/two-truths-and-a-lie-what-ive-learned-going-from-small-press-to-a-big-publisher-by-nicole-meier/feed/ 7 23239 Switching From Querying Agents to Querying Publishers https://booksbywomen.org/switching-from-querying-agents-to-querying-publishers-by-kristen-hansen-brakeman/ https://booksbywomen.org/switching-from-querying-agents-to-querying-publishers-by-kristen-hansen-brakeman/#respond Tue, 29 Aug 2017 09:59:27 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=20052 After completing a final polish on Is That The Shirt You’re Wearing? my collection of humorous essays, I diligently researched and targeted literary agents, and sent personalized query letters.  Then I eagerly waited for their replies. Then I waited some more . . . and waited some more after that. I even sent myself test […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/switching-from-querying-agents-to-querying-publishers-by-kristen-hansen-brakeman/feed/ 0 20052 Writing Under Multiple Pen Names https://booksbywomen.org/writing-under-multiple-pen-names-by-denise-barnes/ https://booksbywomen.org/writing-under-multiple-pen-names-by-denise-barnes/#respond Sat, 17 Jun 2017 11:48:21 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=19539 When a dream comes true, and it’s even better than your original dream, you can be forgiven for thinking you’ve reached a pinnacle in your writing journey and you’re pinching yourself to wake up. You’re floating on air. It’s all too wonderful to be true. But there it is in black and white – you’ve […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/writing-under-multiple-pen-names-by-denise-barnes/feed/ 0 19539 How To Deal With Non-Constructive Criticism https://booksbywomen.org/how-to-deal-with-non-constructive-criticism-by-julia-kite/ https://booksbywomen.org/how-to-deal-with-non-constructive-criticism-by-julia-kite/#comments Fri, 09 Jun 2017 11:38:20 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=19349 If you have been on the agent querying treadmill long enough to receive a request for a full manuscript, then you know the feeling: the simultaneous swell of pride and the utter fear of not measuring up. Your query letter worked, hooray! An actual expert from the publishing industry, with a slush pile as high […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/how-to-deal-with-non-constructive-criticism-by-julia-kite/feed/ 3 19349 From Publisher To Writer https://booksbywomen.org/from-publisher-to-writer-by-julie-newman/ https://booksbywomen.org/from-publisher-to-writer-by-julie-newman/#respond Sat, 04 Mar 2017 13:56:07 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=18230   It was a long held dream of mine to write a novel. In fact I attempted it several times before finally realising my dream. The problem was I never truly believed my writing was of any merit thus resulting in many unfinished manuscripts, which were unceremoniously consigned to a drawer that was rarely opened. […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/from-publisher-to-writer-by-julie-newman/feed/ 0 18230 Changing Publishers https://booksbywomen.org/changing-publishers-by-meredith-chorr/ https://booksbywomen.org/changing-publishers-by-meredith-chorr/#respond Thu, 02 Feb 2017 11:44:21 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=17655 I tend to abide by the “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” motto. I’ve held the same job for almost twenty years, been wearing my hair in the same style (give or take the bangs) most of my adult life, and I don’t immediately purchase “the next best thing” if my current devices are […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/changing-publishers-by-meredith-chorr/feed/ 0 17655 An Open Letter to Writers at Every Stage of Publishing https://booksbywomen.org/an-open-letter-to-writers-at-every-stage-of-publishing-by-kerry-lonsdale/ https://booksbywomen.org/an-open-letter-to-writers-at-every-stage-of-publishing-by-kerry-lonsdale/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2016 05:32:37 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15118 Dear Writer, Isn’t it amazing how we wake in the pre-dawn hours, or stay up well past midnight to write? We sit alone at our desks with our words, letting them flow as a plot unfolds. In time, a story transpires, a manuscript is finished, and a book published. Writing is a lonely, isolated road […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/an-open-letter-to-writers-at-every-stage-of-publishing-by-kerry-lonsdale/feed/ 23 15118 A Day in the Life of a Publisher, with SilverWood Books https://booksbywomen.org/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-publisher-with-silverwood-books/ https://booksbywomen.org/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-publisher-with-silverwood-books/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2016 08:38:59 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=16830 SilverWood Books (silverwoodbooks.co.uk) provides self-funding authors with professional book production services, wholesale and retail book distribution, and a high level of support. Publishing Assistant Rowena Ball takes us through a typical day in the life of a dynamic publishing team… Morning Continuous communication is vital, and the day begins with running through our production schedule […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/an-unconventional-signing-unbound/feed/ 0 16659 Blue Door Press – An Innovative, Writer-led, Solution To Publishing https://booksbywomen.org/solution-to-publishing/ https://booksbywomen.org/solution-to-publishing/#respond Fri, 07 Oct 2016 21:30:35 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=16568 The idea for the press grew out of a group of published women writers –  of both prose and poetry –  who have been meeting for more than ten years. The group’s mostly based in London and the idea for the press started from conversations we’ve shared about publishing – exchanging ideas on how that […]

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