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Get Published How Long Does It Take to Go From Idea to Publishing a Book?Robert Lee Brewer

Submissions & Proposals Should Writers Pay Submission Fees?Robert Lee Brewer

Write My Query 13 Things You Should Not Say to an Agent or Editor in a Pitch or Query Letter Robert Lee Brewer

Sell My Work What Is an Editorial Calendar in Writing and Publishing?Robert Lee Brewer

Submissions & Proposals What Are Submission Guidelines in Writing?Robert Lee Brewer

Sell My Work 11 Pros and Cons of Writing for Free Rick Lauber

Publishing FAQs What Is an ARC in Publishing and Writing?Robert Lee Brewer

Marketing What Is BookBub (and Why Should Writers Care)?Robert Lee Brewer

Get Published Do You Find an Editor or Agent First?Robert Lee Brewer

Get Published 10 Writing and Publishing Questions Answered by Literary Agent Barbara Poelle Barbara Poelle

Marketing How Do Writers Ask for Blurbs for Their Books?Robert Lee Brewer

Write Better Nonfiction Funny You Should Ask: What Is Going to Be the Next Big Trend in Fiction?Barbara Poelle

Marketing What Is a Blurb in Publishing?Robert Lee Brewer

Submissions & Proposals Praying to the Red String and Other Publishing Strategies R.L. Maizes

Submissions & Proposals What Is the Slush Pile?Robert Lee Brewer

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