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Featured Title:
"The Career Novelist"
by
Donald Maass
Heinemann
Paperback Edition
ISBN#0435086936
$15.95 (Check Amazon.com for discount amount)*
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CHAPTER ONE
The Dream
CHAPTER TWO
The Reality
CHAPTER THREE
Pitching Errors
CHAPTER FOUR
Choosing an Agent
CHAPTER FIVE
More on Choosing an Agent
CHAPTER SIX
The MArketing Game: How I Sell Novels
CHAPTER SEVEN
Strategy Session I: Breaking In
CHAPTER EIGHT
A Tour of the Genres
CHAPTER NINE
Crossover Novels
CHAPTER TEN
Numbers, Numbers, Numbers
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Self-Promotion or Self-Delusion?
CHAPTER TWELVE
Strategy Session II: Midcareer Damage Control
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
The Bottom Line: Storytelling
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Collaborations
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Packagers and Work-for-Hire
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Contracts and Income
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Electronic Rights: Power Source or Static?
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Strategy Session III: Managing Success
CHAPTER NINETEEN
Staying Alive in the Land of the Giants
CHAPTER TWENTY
The Economy and Publishing
AFTERWORD
Who Will Get Rich Writing Fiction in the Nineties?
SYNOPSIS: New York literary agent Donald Maass uses his experiences as an agent and author to put together this useful resource for anyone serious about making a career out of their writing. This book is not a "How To" for writing. It is to be used once your book is written and you start your search for an agent. It covers the successes and pitfalls a writer may face along the way, and guides you on how to gear your career toward what the public wants. Learn the content of a good contract, and the best ways to promote your novels. This book is a valuable tool for any writer.
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