#publishing problems

[sagebriarspoets]

Howwwwww do you shorten a book?

I have cut three entire chapters completely from the book, agonizing over every little word I lost.

And it's still 120,000 words.

That's auto-reject territory for publishers, they don't want anything in YA from an unpublished author that's over 90,000. How on earth do I cut another 30,000 words out? The book already feels like it's running at breakneck speeds, am I supposed to make it move even faster? Guhhh, I wish I could just query this as a Big-Ass Book™

[deadbranch]

You're trying to tag a user on one of your fics when you discover the tag doesn't work.

Your first thought may be they changed their URL, or maybe they deactivated their account.

There's a third (not so) secret possibility:

The user you're trying to tag has their visibility settings toggled to prevent searches of their URL on Tumblr.

Here's how to fix.

Keep in mind this is what the tagged user has to do, not the person doing the tagging.

Go to the gear icon, go to account settings:

Click on Visibility:

Make sure "Hide [url] from search results" is toggled off:

[lifenacademicpublishing]

In the office today as required. Literally, no one else here on my entire floor and only 4 other people in the entire building. On-site face to face collaboration is so valuable. Glad I'm here for it.

[write-edit-rinse-repeat]

(In reference to the recent Department of Justice v Penguin Random House trial) https://twitter.com/JohnHMaher/status/1555231154525159426

[rachywritessomething]

Me: I have never come up with an original idea in my entire life.

Book Agent Query Form: List books that are like your novel.

Me: ... I can't think of a single one. I'm a hack.

[to-read-is-to-breathe]

People of publishing, I implore you: Please 👏 stop 👏 redesigning 👏 book 👏 covers 👏 halfway 👏 through 👏 a 👏 series 👏. It drives me absolutely bonkers when my books don't match.

[lemonjoonah]

Non-BTS related rant incoming... (sorry)

There’s been a trend in the publishing industry recently when it comes to book titles I’m sure we’ve all seen it, and it bother’s the hell out of me. Books like this:

The _____’s Daughter

The _____’s Wife

There are countless books titled in this format most of them referring to a male relation’s occupation or achievement. 

Listen publishers I get it, you are trying to market a book using the societies label of the main character, maybe that character will define themselves over the course of the novel, and maybe they’ll rise above those preconceived notions.

But if you want to have a empowering book with a lead female, fucking start with the title! You are doing a disservice to the main character’s in your book, defining them by the achievements of the men around them.  

Notice how my story Under Fire isn’t called The Crime Lord’s Daughter? You know why? Because Fire has her own achievements. She is a strong ass character, who is successful in putting dangerous people under her control, despite the fact that some people only see her as her father’s daughter.

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Sorry for the rant I just opened up my email to see upcoming book releases and there was another one to add to this list...

Here’s an adorable gif for your trouble and for making it this far :)

[whatwewrotepodcast]

“Please submit a 100 word synopsis” of our 94,000 word book?? SURE.