- Have I got my word-count right?
- Have I used the right method for counting my words?
- Should I start each chapter on a new page?
- Should new chapters start half-way down the page, or just three or four carriage-returns down?
- Should I centre my titles, or left-justify them?
- What size font should I use for my titles?
- Do editors prefer submissions in Courier or Times new Roman?
- Why can’t I use a different font?
- Should I use a pseudonym?
- How do I make it clear that I use a pseudonym?
- Can I quote other people in my book?
- Should I have a website?
- Should I have a blog?
- Which is a better promotional tool: FaceBook or MySpace?
- Should I put my work in a folder when I submit, or would a box be better?
All of these are valid questions. None are worth worrying about until you’ve actually written something worth publishing. Really.
2 comments:
lol, so true. I've heard tho that a blog presence can be helpful in negotiating better PR monies, if one can show a large following, it encourages a publisher to put a bit more cashola into promotion...or is this a myth?
Angela, I'm not sure that blog comments translate directly into a bigger PR spend, but they can come in useful, especially in selling non-fiction where you blog on a subject which is similar to your book proposal.
They're not obligatory, though: as always, the writing is the main thing, blogs and websites are subsidiary.
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