Trained by reading hundreds of submissions, editors and agents often make their read/not-read decision on the first page. In a customarily formatted book manuscript with chapters starting about 1/3 of the way down the page (double-spaced, 1-inch margins, 12-point type), there are 16 or 17 lines on...
If you are looking to create a blog, come up with a content theme. If you develop a readership base, you’re well on your way to success. Whether you would like to write music reviews or discuss politics, you have the potential to make a blog that is valuable to your readers.
A great way to...
Each month, Tobias Carroll shares a handful of recently released or forthcoming titles in translation that he’s especially excited about.
From Riverhead | Flights by Olga Tokarczuk, translated from the Polish by Jennifer Croft | Fiction | 416 pages | ISBN 9780525534198 | US$26.00...
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You could be forgiven for thinking that running a blog is easy, given the volume of people who participate. It seems everyone is blogging nowadays. If, however, you want a successful blog, then you need to make the right decisions and plan your blog carefully. Implement the ideas provided in this...
Remain updated on different techniques and new methods, and utilize them with your strategy when marketing online. However, there are many things to learn when you are taking on new marketing strategies. Article submission is part of the overall online marketing process, and it works well if you...
In the 13th in a series of posts from authors of 2018 books entered for The Story Prize, Todd Robert Petersen, author of It Needs to Look LIke We Tried (Counterpoint), explains how turning to an alternative concept of story structure liberated his work.A couple of summers ago, while I was...
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As we celebrate Women in Translation Month, we’re looking back at exciting works by women writers from around the world published this past year. Here are 31 to add to your reading list for #WITMonth.
1947: Where Now Begins by Elisabeth Åsbrink
Translated from the...
