Category Archives: Authors Aspiring to Have Books

A place for writers with manuscripts – finished, just started or in-between – who are working on either finding an agent or selling their work to a publisher. Or maybe you’re considering the self-published route and have some war stories to share. Weigh in, you’re among friends.

Best-selling thriller guy is mad as Hell, will not be taking it anymore… and burns his French publisher re: lame cover art. Authors should learn from his example.

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Christian

  OK, got some basically inside-baseball book marketing stuff going on here. Topic: the cover imagery on an author’s hard won, sweated-blood-from-his/her-eyeballs new book. We all want our books to put their best book-foot forward, eh? Doesn’t always work out. … Continue reading →

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How do ya find a literary agent? Sometimes, they find you…

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Christian

At cons or workshops where I’ve been on panels, I’m usually asked “Dude, how did you land an agent?”   (or maybe it was “Dude, how did YOU land an agent?!” but let’s not quibble). Well, there’s a site-page for that. Back when my first novel, Zenn Scarlett, was about … Continue reading →

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Yo, writerly types: Here’s your chance to polish your editing & revision chops till they gleam – w/ Harvard’s Mary Rakow – in Iowa City, April 22 & 23

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Christian

The ever-awesome IOWA WRITERS’ HOUSE gang presents a world-class workshop in editing & revision with a true Jedi Master of the art. Clickety HERE for all the details. Mastering Editing & Revision: A Writing Workshop WHEN: Friday, April 22, 6-8 pm … Continue reading →

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1 Book 2 Book Literary Festival hits Iowa City on 2/27. The words are waiting for ya. C’mon in!

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Christian

All manner of books-and-comics-and-artists-and-authors stuff is slated to rear up and word-out in Iowa City on Feb. 27th as the One Book Two Book Lit Fest & Jr. High Writing Jam storm into town and touch down at the Hotel Vetro, the … Continue reading →

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Got a book-like-thing in ya? Let’s chat.

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Christian

    Sure. I wrote a book. Fine. Great. Then I took a couple years or so to sweet-talk, cajole, threaten and finally choke-hold the thing into the kind of shape an agent would actually take the time to look … Continue reading →

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