Resources for Getting Published
MY ADVICE
What Are Book Editors Looking For? / Published in Chronicle of Higher Education
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
GENERAL book publishing ADVICE
LITERARY AGENTS
Association of Authors’ Representatives
When agents offer representation what questions should I ask? Good list here.
QUERY LETTERS
The Complete Guide to Query Letters
WHAT HAPPENS ONCE I HAVE AN AGENT
OUTSIDE PUBLICISTS
recommended books
On Editors and Getting Published
How to Write a Book Proposal by Michael Larsen
Thinking Like Your Editor: How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction—and Get It Published by Susan Rabiner and Alfred Fortunato
The Forest for the Trees: An Editor’s Advice to Writers by Betsy Lerner
The Sell Your Novel Tool Kit by Elizabeth Lyon
Editors on Editing: What Writers Need to Know about What Editors Do by Gerald C. Gross
On Craft
Stein on Writing by Sol Stein
Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass
Story Trumps Structure: How to Write Unforgettable Fiction by Breaking the Rules by Steven James
Writing for Story by Jon Franklin
Aspects of the Novel by E.M. Forster
The New New Journalism: Conversations with America’s Best Nonfiction Writers on Their Craft by Robert S. Boynton
BOOK PROPOSALS
Writing an academic book proposal
More on academic book proposals
Twitter Hashtags to Follow When Seeking a Literary Agent
Twitter Hashtags Every Author Should Know