Last week, I asked if readers wanted locations to be 100% authentic or not. Eight people answered the poll, including Dan Antion, who answered in the comments (there’s always one, i’n’t there?). Half of the respondents said they wanted everything to be 100% invented! A…
Jane has run into a problem. She’s writing a novel set in a specific locale, but a lot of the places she was sending her characters to (set in current time) have closed since she began the novel. So I’m axing you: [yop_poll id=”4″]Thank you.…
Whether the guidelines say so explicitly or not — and they shouldn’t have to say so — do not send a rough draft. Do not send a first or second draft. Send a finished, polished, spell-checked, grammar-checked, read and reread work that you would be delighted to pay cash money for.
