Category: Industry Information
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#PitMad is Today!
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Today is the #PitMad event on Twitter. If you are unfamiliar with #PitMad, it is a Twitter event where authors post pitches for their completed manuscripts including the hashtag #PitMad. Agents and publishers watch the feed and favorite the tweets for manuscripts they are interested in. Authors then visit the feed of the…
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10 Tips to Help You Combat Writer’s Block
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Writer’s block is incredibly frustrating and common, especially during the first few weeks back in class after a break. I frequently find myself staring at an open Word document and having absolutely no idea what to write. There is no simple fix, but here are some tips that may help…
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Self-editing Tips
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As a senior English major in college, I’d say I have had to learn quite a bit about self-editing. The ability to self-edit well is an essential skill if you want to be a successful writer. While having others edit your work is still important, the ability to see the…
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NaNoWriMo Success Stories
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Water for Elephants Most people are familiar with the popular book and 2011 motion picture Water for Elephants, but not many know that the novel was written during National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Author Sara Gruen began with the intention to keep the 1,667 words per day count, but she…
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What is NaNoWriMo?
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If you don’t know, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. It is a viral internet project that begins November 1st and ends November 30th each year. The objective of the project is to write a 50,000 page novel in the thirty day time span you are given. It…
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The Pros and Cons of Self-Publishing and Traditional Publishing
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It’s pretty safe to say, that basically all English majors dream of publishing a book one day. We spend our whole lives sitting in front of a computer screen or writing in multiple notebooks, hoping that maybe our words will reach an audience. The question is, where do we start?…
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eReaders vs Tablets
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For the longest time, eReaders reigned as the best new technological gadget. Increasing customer convenience, books became more affordable, a single device replaced multiple books, and screen glares as well as other distractions were eliminated. My first eReader was Barnes & Noble’s first generation NOOK. It had an E Ink…
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Reading Rainbow Revamped!
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I’m sure we all remember waking up to the sound of the Reading Rainbow theme song echoing across the house. It was a catchy melody with the lyrics, “Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high. Just take a look. It’s in a book. It’s Reading Rainbow!” When…