I’ve written professionally for 40 years now. Although I’m sure my math can’t be correct since I can’t possibly be that old, I have learned a thing or two about the writer mindset during all that time. Some of those lessons have come, as expected, through writing as well as from working as a writing… Continue Reading
The manuscript opened with a man, who would turn out to be one of the novel’s more minor characters, pulling over in a rainstorm to rescue a stray dog and take him to the shelter he had started and still funded. That immediately drew me in, dog lover that I am. By the end of… Continue Reading
Your book is almost ready to launch. The hardcopy book proof you just received from Amazon or IngramSpark looks great. The interior page layout you saw as a short sample and in the electronic proof looks even better now that you’re holding the actual book. Then you check the ebook proof on your Kindle reader… Continue Reading
Finding your writing voice can feel daunting in the best of circumstances. You have to let go enough to trust yourself and let it bubble up from inside. Then that inner voice gets melded with the needs of your book. Finding that writing voice in children’s books is further complicated by the fact that readers… Continue Reading
I’ve worked remotely as a writing coach online—and on the phone—since I fell into the work in 2004. When literary agent, Linda Mead, needed help drafting her book proposal and sample chapter about Pantone, she asked me to help. After she got the book contract, she needed my assistance even more. When her colleague complained… Continue Reading
The hunt is on. The chipmunk has scooted to safety under a sizeable lava boulder toward the top of the ridge, but Misha, my two-and-a-half-year-old Aussie-Shepherd-Husky mix, and his sister, Harley, just know they can still reach it. They sniff, they circle, they dig, unaware and uncaring that they’re about to teach me about writing… Continue Reading
I’ve loved historical fiction ever since I was a kid. When growing up in Paris, I got hooked on The Three Musketeers and eventually powered through the unabridged versions of all the rest of Alexandre Dumas’ novels (in French, mind you!). Decades later, the sister of a friend of mine hired me to edit one… Continue Reading
If you’ve toiled over the writing, editing and publishing of your book, you know how sweet book sales are. The money is welcome, of course. So is the validation of you, the author, and your book. Writing is an amorphous and highly subjective endeavor until book sales hit. The fact that someone has endorsed the… Continue Reading
Did you know that while there are more than a dozen and a half fiction genres, each fiction genre has sub-genres? Add all those up and you wind up with more than a hundred. Why should you care? Because understanding your exact genre and sub-genre will help you market your book to readers, whether you’re… Continue Reading
Dialogue is a great way to bring your writing to life and move your story along. But only if it’s authentic dialogue. And only if it’s not exposition disguised as dialogue. What’s exposition, you ask? The dictionary defines it as “a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.” In short, it’s the definition… Continue Reading
Literary Agent:
Ted Weinstein
Ted Weinstein Literary Management
Mechanics’ Library Building
57 Post Street, Suite 512
San Francisco, CA 94104
tw@twliterary.com
www.twliterary.com