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Price is lower

2010-06-24T06:40:36Z

Are more people willing to pay to satisfy their curiosity when the price is lower? The prices are randomly selected from $2, $3, $4, and $5. What was yours? If you haven’t visited yet, what do you think you’d be willing to pay?

I have started lots of stories, but I can’t seem to finish them. What’s wrong with me?

2010-06-23T07:25:04Z

It is always more fun to start a new story than it is to work on the one you’ve been working on for months. This is why publishers don’t pay writers their whole advance until they turn in the completed manuscript. Every writer feels this way. Just power through it, and remember that if you write a page a day—just ONE page—in three months you’ll have a hundred page story. And in six months you’ll have a two hundred page story. That’s almost a whole book. So don’t think about it like: “Oh my gosh, I have to write two hundred pages.” Think of it like, “Today, I have to write a page.” Trust me. It works.

What is an agent and how do I get one?

2010-06-23T07:24:27Z

You can get a publisher’s attention a lot more quickly—and some people believe you can get a much better deal—if you have a literary agent. A literary agent is someone whose job it is to take people’s manuscripts and try to place them with the appropriate publisher. A good agent will never charge a fee for her work on your behalf.

However, if an agent agrees to take on your work, when she places it, she will earn a 10-15% cut of whatever money you make from the sale. So if a publisher offers you $10,000 for your book, your agent will get $1,500 of that money. You will get the rest.

You can get an agent the same way you get a publisher: by finding a book on how to get them (such as the one by Jeff Herman) and sending them query letters.

Introduction

2007-07-22T20:16:08Z

Originally, I was going to post something at DailyKos each week and ask members to come comment on it - that’s how DailyKos filters content, so if we did a good job, the post would be prominent for a while and possibly attract some folks to Litmocracy. After I thought about it, and some prodding from Stokeycat, I decided we’d hash out things here in our own forum, and when we have a lively discussion going, we’ll try generating some interest over at Dailykos.