WRITING ADVICE & PUBLISHING ADVICE from Font

Summary of our “10 Things NOT to say to an Editor or Agent” Series

If you’re in Dublin, Ireland this weekend, head on down to a great reading on Saturday afternoon.  Two Font writers, Orna Ross and Amanda Brunker will be sharing the stage with writer/film director Peter Sheridan and best selling novelist, Monica McInerny, in Charleville Mall Library, Dublin 3 at 2pm on the afternoon of April 26th.

 We’d love to see you there.

Our series “10 Things NOT to say to an editor or agent” is now complete.  If you’ve missed any of the advice, click below.

Next up: ” Five Keys To Writing Excellence” by Orna Ross This series will start on Friday next, 25th.

Till then…

# 10.  “I’m so angry / disheartened / fed up with the publishing industry.”

# 9.  “You turned this down some time ago but I’ve done a lot of work on it since.  Would you look at it again?”

# 8.  “Dear Agent or Dear Editor…” 

#7.“I need a six-figure deal if I’m to keep on writing and I’m available for radio and TV.”

# 6: “Hi, me again!  Did you not get my other five messages?”

#5: “Hey, I just checked out your site and it looks pretty cool - wanna represent my brilliant book?…. Call me!    Ted :-)”

#4: “This is the first of a trilogy.”

#3: “Do you represent/publish sci-fi?”

#2: “I’m not going to write another book until I know this one is being published.”

#1:  “Please read the attached writing and give me feedback.”

Posted April 23rd, 2008 by Font
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3 Responses to “Summary of our “10 Things NOT to say to an Editor or Agent” Series”

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  3. babs m Says:
    May 1st, 2008 at 7:53 pm

    Haha! I’m not so sure the agent or editor wouldn’t be relieved by # 2….

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