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* Over 35,000 subscribers! *
This issue features advice for hopeful romance authors (Judith
Bowen), tips on telling whether an agent is legitimate or not
(Susan Graham), and an introduction to playwriting (Linda
Eisenstein).
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CONTENTS THIS ISSUE:
From The Editor's Desk
Fresh Ink and Market Information
Ask The Romance Writer
Ask The Agent
Playwriting: For Genre Jumpers
Writers' Classifieds
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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK:
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Thanks to Anthony Tedesco and Writer's Digest Books for doing a
profile of me in the 1999 Writer's Market, due out on the shelves
this fall. For one thing, it forced me to finally get a decent
business portrait taken :-). If you're curious about what I look
like, see http://www.inkspot.com/admin/masthead/debbie.html.
Columnist Judith Bowen's book, LIKE FATHER, LIKE DAUGHTER is
being released this month by Harlequin Superromance.
Thanks to Web Guide Monthly for featuring Inkspot in their July
issue, p37. If you ever see Inkspot or Inklings mentioned in
a print publication and I don't have it listed in my press
clippings at http://www.inkspot.com/admin/clippings.html,
please do let me know, thanks! :-)
Congratulations to the following prizewinners:
Phil McBurney wins _The Writer's Internet Sourcebook_
Pamela Kuhn wins _The Writer's Book Of Checklists_
FRESH INK
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BOOK PRIZE GIVEAWAYS: TRAVEL WRITING, FREELANCE WRITING
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THE TRAVEL WRITER'S HANDBOOK by Louis Purwin Zobel (Surrey books,
1997). Includes info on using the Internet to sell and promote
one's writing. Put "travel handbook" in the subject header.
HOW TO SELL MORE THAN 75% OF YOUR FREELANCE WRITING by Gordon
Burgett (Prima Publishing, 1995). Thanks to Carolyn Bickford for
donating this book. Put "freelance" in the subject header.
Names will be randomly drawn to win these books. To enter, send
an email for each book to giveaway@inkspot.com with your name and
email address, as well as the appropriate subject header. By
entering, you agree to let Inkspot and Inklings publish your name
and email address if you win. Deadline: June 19. More info about
the contest and books at:
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If you wish to contact Inkspot to volunteer a writing-related
giveaway book or product, please send email to editor@inkspot.com
with "book for giveaway" in the subject header.
Writer's Exchange
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Guide to writing resources and markets.
http://www.sonador.com/exchange/
DarkEcho Horror Web
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Articles, interviews, reviews, links, workshop for those
interested in horror writing. To subscribe to the free
newsletter, send email to darkecho@aol.com with "subscribe" in
the subject header.
http://www.darkecho.com/darkecho/index.html
Grammar Girl's Guide To The English Language
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Useful tips, links, rules of thumb.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/1489/
Free Writers' Classifieds
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Market info, contests, events, wanted, services, promotion.
http://www.inkspot.com/classifieds/
International Horror Guild Awards
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Encourages email recommendations from anyone with an appreciation
for the field. Deadline: July 31. See website for details.
http://worldhorror.org/worldhorror.org/ihg/
Writing For The Web
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Online writing tips. See the rest of the site for other useful
writing resources. Maintained by Kaye Vivian.
http://www.users.cloud9.net/~kvivian/html/writing_for_webs1.html
OWL Handouts
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Rich source of grammar and style information, sorted by topic.
Part of the Purdue University Online Writing Lab website.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/writers/by-topic.html
Advice On How To Sell Poetry
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By Neile Graham. Includes tips on manuscript preparation,
market research, submission tracking, publication and payment.
http://www.sff.net/people/neile/how.to.sell.poetry.htp
John Hewitt's Writer's Resource Center
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Excellent collection of articles, resources, and links.
http://www.azstarnet.com/~poewar/writer/writer.html
Semantic rhyming dictionary
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Allows different query functions, option of sorting by meaning.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dougb/rhyme.html
SCBWI Conference
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Aug.1-4, Los Angeles. Annual conference on writing and
illustrating for children. I don't normally mention conferences
here, but I'm registering for this conference this year and hope
to meet some of you! :-)
http://www.scbwi.org/natlconf.htm
** Please send suggestions for Fresh Ink to freshink@inkspot.com
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"Yada-yada-yada" predates Seinfeld, but where does it come from?
How about "canoodle" or "gung ho"? Jesse's Word of the Day
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YES MAG--CANADA'S SCIENCE MAGAZINE FOR KIDS
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MARKET UPDATES
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Mini Romances is folding after their Mar/Apr issue.
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BOOK HIGHLIGHT: THE WEEKEND NOVELIST WRITES A MYSTERY
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by Debbie Ridpath Ohi <editor@inkspot.com>
THE WEEKEND NOVELIST WRITES A MYSTERY
(Dell, May/98, paperback, 257 pages)
By Robert J. Ray and Jack Remick. This readable how-to book
outlines a step-by-step program that coaches a writer through the
process of planning and writing a mystery novel in 52 weekend
work sessions. Includes plenty of examples, exercises, and useful
tips. Writer's Digest Book Club recently picked up this book as
an Alternate Selection. For those interested, the authors will be
running a Mystery Writing Workshop at the Surrey B.C. Writer's
Conference this October. More info about this book at:
http://www.weekendmysteryhowto.com
I'm giving away my review copy (an uncorrected proof) - to enter
the giveaway, see http://www.inkspot.com/admin/giveaway.html.
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Ask The Experts
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*** Please put "inklings question" in the subject header. ***
Judith Bowen (ROMANCE WRITER) jbowen@max-net.com
David Breeden (POET) drpoetry@ktc.com
Charles Deemer (SCREENWRITER) cdeemer@teleport.com
Mark Fowler (LAWYER) askthelawyer@inkspot.com
Susan Graham (AGENT) slgraham@mindspring.com
Carol Henson (BOOK DOCTOR) bookdoc@Prodigy.net
Ken Jenks (ELECTRONIC PUBLISHER) MindsEye@tale.com
David Leit (LAWYER) askthelawyer@inkspot.com
Bob Sablatura (JOURNALIST) bob.sablatura@reporters.net
Michelle Sagara (SF/FANTASY WRITER) Michelle.Sagara@sff.net
Lee Wardlaw (CHILDREN'S BOOK WRITER) lwardlaw@gte.net
Marcia Yudkin (FREELANCE WRITER) send to yudkin@inkspot.com
Columnists may be unable to reply privately to every message,
but will answer selected questions in future issues of Inklings.
Please keep your question BRIEF and send it to *one* columnist.
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ASK THE ROMANCE WRITER
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by Judith Bowen <jbowen@max-net.com>
Romance fiction or non-fiction?
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Q: If you were an unknown author and were writing your first book,
and it was a very powerful love story with lots of twists and
turns and consequences, would you write it as fiction or
non-fiction?
A: That's a very difficult--and interesting!--question.
As non-fiction, it'd be a tough sell, in my opinion. Are you
famous? Does the love story have unusual and unique elements
that would make it of interest to readers--did it take place
atop Mt. Everest, for instance? What is the potential market for
your story--who would be interested in buying and reading it?
These are all considerations for the publisher. A famous actress
might have less difficulty selling her "true" love story, for
obvious reasons that she's well-known and a market already exists
that's familiar with her name and might be curious enough to
plunk down $10 for her story!
With fiction, you have more freedom in developing your story. I
would caution you, though, about including a lot of nonfiction in
a fiction work. First of all, a publisher's contract includes the
warrant that you have indeed written a work of fiction. You
cannot use real people or thinly disguised real people without
risking legal action--publishers hate this!
Secondly, although it is tempting to write your own story, it is
generally not as interesting to other people (strangers) as you
might think. I would suggest you write your story regardless, as
a writing exercise and learning experience, to more or less "get
it out of your system," and then turn to a proper work of fiction
abandoning the autobiographical elements. Many beginning writers
use autobiographical elements in their first works, but as they
gain confidence in their storytelling abilities and their level
of craftsmanship, they abandon such sources.
To answer your question specifically, if it were me, I'd write
it as fiction.
==------------------------------------------==
Judith Bowen is an award-winning romance author who currently
teaches classes on writing popular fiction in Vancouver, Canada,
and on-line with Writers on the Net <www.writers.com>. The second
book in her "Men of Glory" collection, LIKE FATHER, LIKE
DAUGHTER, Harlequin Superromance #791, is available in June,
1998. THE RANCHER'S RUNAWAY BRIDE (HS #739) was a May/97,
release and is available from Harlequin Books <www.romance.net>.
Copyright (c) 1998 Judith Bowen.
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ASK THE AGENT
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by Susan Graham <slgraham@mindspring.com>
Legitimate agents?
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Q: How do you tell a legitimate agent from an illegitimate one?
One agent asked me for $275 up front before he would try to sell
my book. This doesn't sound right to me.
A: A legitimate agent is one who focuses on selling your book as
opposed to collecting money from you for editorial reviews or
anything else. If the agent is requesting money to actually
market the book, I'd say they're probably legitimate. If it's a
monthly fee of several hundred, you're probably getting bilked.
Most agents now ask for postage, copying, packaging, long
distance, and similar costs to be reimbursed by authors who are
not yet proven income-producers, and some bill them to all of
their clients. It's perfectly acceptable and even normal to do
this. In fact, it's approved by the AAR (Association of Authors
Representatives) -- the oldest and most respected literary agent
professional organization. The idea behind it is this: the
agent is not a secretary or hired office service. The agent's
commission should pay for the agent's time and expertise, not the
author's incurred office expenses.
Here's the specifics: Copying can cost from 5 to 8 cents per
manuscript page. If you have a 500 page manuscript, eight copies
(which translates into a minimum of eight submissions) will cost
between $200 and $320. Postage/shipping costs between $5 and $30
for each package, depending on how it is sent. That's between
$40 and $240 for eight submissions. Packaging, long distance,
etc. can cost another $10 to $100. Without any special situation
or further submissions added to the equation, the cost now totals
between $250 and $660. The agent's requesting $275 up front
doesn't sound out of line when you add up the real numbers
involved.
With the publishing industry problems becoming more apparent
every day (HarperCollins just cut 100 titles from their catalog,
laid off 420 people, and wrote off $270 million), more and more
agents are taking fewer chances with new authors, cutting their
client lists, and asking for expenses up front, just to be able
to compete better in the now much tougher publishing environment.
So find out specifically what it's for first, then base your
decision on the answers you get.
[Note from Editor: More info on how to tell if a literary agency
is legitimate at http://www.inkspot.com/market/agents.html]
==-----------------------------------------------------==
Susan L. Graham owns Graham Literary Agency, Inc. She represents
genre fiction as well as commercial fiction and nonfiction. Her
unique website (http://GrahamLiteraryAgency.com) helps to promote
her authors and the agency.
Copyright (c) 1998 Graham Literary Agency, Inc.
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PLAYWRITING: FOR GENRE JUMPERS
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by Linda Eisenstein <herone@en.com>
As a writer accustomed to writing fiction, poetry, or
non-fiction, you are stepping into a whole new world with new
rules when you decide to make your first foray into playwriting.
Here are 10 essentials to consider if you're contemplating a
foray into the dramatic arts:
CRAFT & GENRE
- Plays are performed, not read. Words on a page sound different
to the ear. So when you're writing and revising, you need to
hear your play out loud, and frequently. Invest in a tape
recorder, and use it. Get to know actors who can help you hear
your dialogue, even at around-the-table readings. Your work will
improve in leaps and bounds.
- Plays aren't merely dialogues. The best plays show people
behaving and reacting, generally under situations of stress.
They are full of incident and present action, gestures and
movement and events, intriguing images. They must engage during
every moment, or an audience will tune out. Plays that are
mostly recollections or descriptions of past events tend to lie
there like cold flounder.
- Play manuscripts aren't the final product. They are skeletons,
blueprints, operating instructions, to be interpreted and filled
in by others: not just by the performers, but directors and
designers. Theatre is an extremely collaborative art. If you
can't abide the idea of constant input, or the recognition that
your work will be judged via the transforming efforts of others,
you'll go mad.
- Every time someone produces your work, it will be different.
The same play that clicks in Cleveland might bomb in Belfast, or
seem utterly incomprehensible in New York. Some of this may be
due to the new collaborator energies, some to different
audiences. Plays can even limp and soar from night to night.
Get used to the roller coaster.
MARKETING:
- Unlike most other writing, plays aren't sold: they're rented,
or licensed, to each theatre company that considers a production.
This means that marketing never ends: you're offering the same
work over and over, not directly to readers but to the folks who
revive it in a new place and time.
- Even play "publishing" is different. Most play publishers
don't just offer reading copies for sale; their primary income
comes from being the exclusive licensing agents for the piece.
Therefore it is infinitely harder for unknowns to get into print,
and the vast majority of new plays don't get published, even with
track records. There are many excellent plays by
internationally-produced playwrights that never got picked up in
a publisher's catalog.
- If it's not "in print", how do people find it to produce it?
The main method is for each playwright to query theatres
directly. Don't worry about simultaneous submissions; they're
the norm. Theatres are swamped with new material; yet even those
most open to new work might produce only one new play per season,
and they're frequently the ones that have fewest funds and staff.
Consequently, they are notoriously slow and sloppy about
answering queries and returning scripts. Be prepared for waits
of glacial proportions. Don't be surprised if you don't hear for
6-9 months, even longer, or get no answer at all. 30-40% no
response, even with an SASE or SASP, is shamefully common.
THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT:
- For maximum success and peace of mind, skip the slush pile.
The best way to get your work done is to expand your informal
network of connections in the theatre world as widely as
possible. Theatre is a word-of-mouth business, fueled by mutual
recommendations. Your fastest route to productions is to know
actors, directors, and other writers who become your advocates
inside theatres. The Internet is a marvelous tool for
connecting; spend time learning to use it to your advantage.
- You think fiction doesn't pay? Try being a playwright. It's a
sporadic income, at best. Keep an accommodating day job for as
long as possible. Even better, try to find a day job connected
in some way to theatre.
- Think global, act local. See as much live theatre as possible.
Get connected to your local performing arts community.
Volunteer at an area theatre, meet actors, help build an artistic
home. The only playwrights who stay playwrights are those who
love spending time in the theatre, as audience members as well as
around theatre people.
If all the above advice hasn't frightened you off, good. Theatre
gets in your blood; playwriting is a passion, a fever, a need.
It's a great community of artists and audiences. Welcome.
Here are some helpful URLS for playwrights:
Richard Toscan's The Playwriting Seminars
http://www.vcu.edu/artweb/playwriting/
International Center for Women Playwrights
http://www.cwave.com/users/sdempsey
E-Script: The Internet's Scriptwriting Workshop
http://www.singlelane.com/escript/
Theatre Central (an index of theatre pages)
http://www1.playbill.com/cgi-bin/plb/central?cmd=start
==----------------------------------------==
Linda Eisenstein is a much-awarded playwright, composer, teacher
and critic. She is the author of PRACTICAL PLAYWRITING, and the
co-host of Playwrights Corner, a weekly chat on the Writers Club
at AOL. Reach her at herone@en.com or
http://www.en.com/users/herone.
Copyright (c) 1998 Linda Eisenstein.
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