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Ejusdem Generis
I. Advice #StraightFromAnAgent
- Check out Literaticast, a new podcast by Jennifer Laughran, Literary Agent at Andrea Brown Literary Agency, in which “a literary agent and her friends dish about writing and publishing books for children and young adults." To listen to the first three episodes online, click here, or for the link to subscribe on iTunes, click here. For a podcast that covers a wider range of categories and genres that has been broadcasting since last November, check out Manuscript Academy. Click here for more information and to subscribe through iTunes.
- Here are a few #querytip Tweets from this past week:
- "One of the biggest reasons I reject: not knowing your audience! If it's a MG story, it better be written for the MG audience." - @inthesestones, BookEnds. Source Tweet
- "In your query, you don't need to tell the agent what their website and submission guidelines say. They already know. :)” - @RachelleGardner, Books and Such Literary Agency. Source Tweet
- "I see many resubmissions with same opening pages and few changes. Instead, try reworking the scene. Use a fresh start to hook me." -@marchsoloway, Andrea Brown Literary Agency. Source Tweet
- "No! No! NO! Don't ever tell me the twist or ending in the query. Save it for the synopsis. Your query is your cover copy." - @BookEndsJessica, BookEnds. Source Tweet
II. Free, Open Source, formatted eBooks in the Public Domain! Click here to start reading for free!
"Standard Ebooks takes ebooks from sources like Project Gutenberg, formats and typesets them using a carefully designed and professional-grade style guide, lightly modernizes them, fully proofreads and corrects them, and then builds them to take advantage of state-of-the-art eReader and browser technology."
III. "Analyzing the Gender Representation of 34,476 Comic Book Characters."
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Finally, a little data for you (I promise the charts are pretty cool!): You'll learn the differences Amanda Shendruk found in male and female superpowers, the percentage of females that make up teams of superheroes, and a comparison of gendered, diminutive names (like girl v. boy). Click here to see the full analysis.