Answering Your Publishing Questions: From Query to Book Deal to Publication

Marissa and Joanne get together to answer listener-submitted questions about publishing, getting into nitty gritty details of what it’s like to be a published author. Also covered in this jam-packed episode: word count guidelines, what happens after signing with an agent, the submission process, what it’s like to break up with an agent, advances and how they’re determined and paid out, who has the control of what in publishing, marketing, building a social media presence – and is it really necessary – and so much more. Also—what it was like for Marissa and Joanne when they each got “the call”.  

Show Notes:

Marissa and Joanne’s upcoming co-written book: LET IT GLOW: https://www.marissameyer.com/let-it-glow/ 

Best Portrait felting course: https://www.daniives.com/bestportraitcourse 

Agent Jill Grinberg - Episode 91: https://www.buzzsprout.com/950767/9487840 

Agent Lucinda Halpern (author of GET SIGNED) - Episode
185: https://www.buzzsprout.com/950767/14539225 

Dedicated episode 125 about query letters and the agent
search: https://www.buzzsprout.com/950767/11225534 

Jane Friedman’s ‘Where to Start’ guide: https://janefriedman.com/start-here-how-to-get-your-book-published/ 

Word counts: https://blog.reedsy.com/how-many-words-in-a-novel/

Word Counts: Board Book up to YA:  https://www.marykole.com/how-to-write-childrens-books

To find the approximate word count of books https://www.kobo.com/

NAKED AT THE PODIUM: http://peterkahle.com/Naked-at-the-Podium.html 

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