In other words; don't believe all you hear on the internet. Words to live by under any circumstances. You guys are about the only ones I trust for accurate info on publishing. Keep up the good work.
One way I have of evaluating extraordinary claims is to ask this question: _How easy is it to investigate the truth of the claim?_ As soon as I feel that the source is trying to obfuscate, or hide something, or just be difficult about people checking their claim, it's really very very likely that they are being dishonest. After all, if I was making an extraordinary claim, then I would find it natural that people would react with suspicion, so before any suspicions were raised with me, I would have already done my best to alleviate those suspicions. Plus I would be open to people asking follow-up questions. I wouldn't stand in the way of somebody checking an extraordinary claim that I made.
Talking about opinions on market conditions, I have heard so much about how horrible the middle grade market is (even that some agents are suggesting writers "pivot" away from MG), I wonder if you might also weigh in for those of us still hoping to break into the apparently dwindling MG market.
Another great video filled with helpful information. As an author retired from the teaching profession I wonder how to share in a query my expertise from all those years without overloading the query.
Yeah, I've had to do some filtering of all the information that has come flying my way over the years. When something makes me tilt my head and think "that doesn't sound right," it very frequently isn't. This year I had a tough learning moment that sometimes even people who act like they want to support you in your writing career can still spout misinformation because they themselves have listened to the wrong sources, or didn't understand what they heard as well as they thought. Unfortunately this individual was so convinced they were right that they were getting pushy about it and I had to decide not to share things with them anymore.🤷♀️ I'm just thankful for channels like this one so that I didn't get confused by their misinformation.
Some information were certainly questionable when I started to be more active on finding agents. Found few people, including a successful author, telling me what to look for. One thing however, that baffles me a bit, I was told you should always mention books in the letter that are written less than five years ago. However, when I look up the genre like on Goodreads, some of the books are more than ten years old and among the top 5. Sure, it's from a well established author, but does that already mean it's mainly on the author instead the genre?
When it comes to comics and graphic novels, I've learned that no one in publishing can be trusted because of how out of touch and behind the curve they are in that area.
Thanks for the tip on The Hot Sheet!
You two and Jane are my Go-tos!
In other words; don't believe all you hear on the internet. Words to live by under any circumstances. You guys are about the only ones I trust for accurate info on publishing. Keep up the good work.
One way I have of evaluating extraordinary claims is to ask this question:
_How easy is it to investigate the truth of the claim?_
As soon as I feel that the source is trying to obfuscate, or hide something, or just be difficult about people checking their claim, it's really very very likely that they are being dishonest.
After all, if I was making an extraordinary claim, then I would find it natural that people would react with suspicion, so before any suspicions were raised with me, I would have already done my best to alleviate those suspicions. Plus I would be open to people asking follow-up questions.
I wouldn't stand in the way of somebody checking an extraordinary claim that I made.
Talking about opinions on market conditions, I have heard so much about how horrible the middle grade market is (even that some agents are suggesting writers "pivot" away from MG), I wonder if you might also weigh in for those of us still hoping to break into the apparently dwindling MG market.
Another great video filled with helpful information. As an author retired from the teaching profession I wonder how to share in a query my expertise from all those years without overloading the query.
Yeah, I've had to do some filtering of all the information that has come flying my way over the years. When something makes me tilt my head and think "that doesn't sound right," it very frequently isn't. This year I had a tough learning moment that sometimes even people who act like they want to support you in your writing career can still spout misinformation because they themselves have listened to the wrong sources, or didn't understand what they heard as well as they thought. Unfortunately this individual was so convinced they were right that they were getting pushy about it and I had to decide not to share things with them anymore.🤷♀️ I'm just thankful for channels like this one so that I didn't get confused by their misinformation.
Some information were certainly questionable when I started to be more active on finding agents. Found few people, including a successful author, telling me what to look for.
One thing however, that baffles me a bit, I was told you should always mention books in the letter that are written less than five years ago. However, when I look up the genre like on Goodreads, some of the books are more than ten years old and among the top 5. Sure, it's from a well established author, but does that already mean it's mainly on the author instead the genre?
Yes, info overload. Stopped me from writing.
Easy fix... stop reading and get to work again.
When it comes to comics and graphic novels, I've learned that no one in publishing can be trusted because of how out of touch and behind the curve they are in that area.