Answering Your Publishing Questions: From Query to Book Deal to Publication
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Marissa and Joanne get together to answer listener-submitted questions about publishing, getting into nitty gritty details of what it\\u2019s like to be a published author. Also covered in this jam-packed episode: word count guidelines, what happens after signing with an agent, the submission process, what it\\u2019s like to break up with an agent, advances and how they\\u2019re determined and paid out, who has the control of what in publishing, marketing, building a social media presence \\u2013 and is it really necessary \\u2013 and so much more. Also\\u2014what it was like for Marissa and Joanne when they each got \\u201cthe call\\u201d. \\xa0
Show Notes:
Marissa and Joanne\\u2019s upcoming co-written book: LET IT GLOW: https://www.marissameyer.com/let-it-glow/\\xa0
Best Portrait felting course: https://www.daniives.com/bestportraitcourse\\xa0
Agent Jill Grinberg - Episode 91: https://www.buzzsprout.com/950767/9487840\\xa0
Agent Lucinda Halpern (author of GET SIGNED) - Episode
185: https://www.buzzsprout.com/950767/14539225\\xa0
Dedicated episode 125 about query letters and the agent
search: https://www.buzzsprout.com/950767/11225534\\xa0
Jane Friedman\\u2019s \\u2018Where to Start\\u2019 guide: https://janefriedman.com/start-here-how-to-get-your-book-published/\\xa0
Word counts: https://blog.reedsy.com/how-many-words-in-a-novel/
Word Counts: Board Book up to YA:\\xa0 https://www.marykole.com/how-to-write-childrens-books
To find the approximate word count of books https://www.kobo.com/
NAKED AT THE PODIUM: http://peterkahle.com/Naked-at-the-Podium.html\\xa0
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