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Proposals: The Difference Between Fiction and Nonfiction

By Kimberley Scofield

April 27, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Proposals: The Difference Between Fiction and Nonfiction

Writing book proposals can seem intimidating. Writing the book was hard enough, and now you have to get other people to like it too. The number of resources for writing query letters is infinite, with published authors, agents, and publishers all weighing in on what makes a good query letter. But what about the next step—the proposal package?

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: Acquisitions, agents, book proposals, fiction, nonfiction, pitches, proposal, publishing, query, Query letter, Titles

Building a Following Before Publishing: The Wattpad Effect

By Kaitlyn Shehee

February 3, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Building a Following Before Publishing: The Wattpad Effect

Everyone may want to publish a book, but only a few aspiring authors will actually get there. Publication can often depend on luck and the right publisher finding the right story at the right time. It is notoriously a grueling process to go from a rough draft to a finished and, perhaps more importantly, published product. This can be a lot for any author to go through, and it might also be the reason for Wattpad’s success.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: after, agents, Anna Todd, Authors, fan fiction, Generation Z, Millennials, Netflix, Self-Publishing, wattpad

How to Build Your Publication Credits

By Rachel Palmer

November 23, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

How to Build Your Publication Credits

One of the things editors look for in a pitch is publishing credits. A great way to get them is to submit your work to literary journals. Literary journals or literary magazines are periodicals devoted to publishing literature. There are many literary journals. Some focus on fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or all three. Some focus on concise nonfiction, flash fiction (a few hundred words or less), nano-fiction, and so on. The one thing that all the literary journals have in common is that they are looking for well-crafted material.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: agents, Craft, Creative Writing, literary journals, literary magazines, Publication Credits, Submit, writers, Writing Bios

Write to Publish is Coming to Town

By Hope Levy @hopealevy and Amylia Ryan @amylia_ryan

November 17, 2017 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Write to Publish is Coming to Town

In our past two posts, we’ve told you about our new team and developing protocols and a manual for the team. Now that fall has begun, Write to Publish planning is in full swing, and we have some announcements we can share with you!

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: agents, anniversary, Claire McKinney, conference, fiction, fundraising, Hoffmann Hall, lecture, Marketing, nonfiction, panels, pitch, project development, PSU, publicity, publishers, tenth, workshop, Write to Publish, writers

The Agency Model

By Ooligan Press

May 8, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

by Drew Lazzara For the last several years, Mike Shatzkin, CEO of Idea Logical Company and one of the most intelligent, prolific thinkers on the future of publishing, has collected his thoughts on the state of our industry in his excellent blog, “The Shatzkin Files.” He has been a valuable resource for the staff here […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: agents, BookExpo, books, creative marketing, digital, Editing, Idea Logical Company, Mike Shatzkin, publishing, Self-Publishing, The New Yorker, The Shatzkin Files

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