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    How an Editor Acquires a Manuscript

    How an Editor Acquires a Manuscript

    FromThe Shit No One Tells You About Writing

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    How an Editor Acquires a Manuscript

    FromThe Shit No One Tells You About Writing

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    Length:
    36 minutes
    Released:
    Sep 18, 2020
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    Author and host, Bianca Marais, takes you behind the scenes of publishing as she chats with editor, Kerri Kolen, about how editors acquire manuscripts; what the acquisition process looks like; how interminable the wait for news is; as well as how advances are calculated, how royalties work and Audible's opportunities that are available to authors.
    Released:
    Sep 18, 2020
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    This is a podcast for emerging writers, who are looking to improve their work with an aim to having it published, or anyone who would like a behind-the-scenes look at the publishing industry. Your host, Bianca Marais (the author of 'Hum If You Don't Know the Words' and 'If You Want to Make God Laugh') will be interviewing authors, agents, editors and just about anyone and everyone who's involved in bringing a book to market. She's joined by her cohosts, literary agents Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra, from P.S. Literary Agency who read and critique query letters and opening pages in their Books with Hooks segment. Expect good advice, honest insights, and a few laughs along the way.