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Query Letter
A brief single spaced typed letter written for the purpose of persuading an agent or editor to read your manuscript. Most authors agree, drafting the query is often harder than writing the *@%#’n nove [..]
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Arc
Acronym for “Advance Reading Copy,” this is an early copy of novel or chapter book, before final edits. The receipt of an ARC typically causes authors to go into spasms of pure joy, run around their a [..]
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Book Dummy
It’s a “crash test version” of a picture book with text and sketches paced out over either 32 or 40 pages. Although it is typically the work of an illustrator to make a book dummy, authors with no dra [..]
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book dummy
It’s a “crash test version” of a picture book with text and sketches paced out over either 32 or 40 pages. Although it is typically the work of an illustrator to make a book dummy, authors with no dra [..]
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Crit Group
Short for “critique group,” this is a gathering of writer colleagues who provide invaluable feedback on your early messy drafts. Other functions of the critique group may include: professional commise [..]
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crit group
Short for “critique group,” this is a gathering of writer colleagues who provide invaluable feedback on your early messy drafts. Other functions of the critique group may include: professional commise [..]
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deadline
the date by which authors and illustrators must turn in the finished manuscript or final art. Mild and innocuous at the outset, the word becomes increasingly menacing as time passes.
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edelweiss
In addition to being a flowering plant and a song from The Sound of Music, it is an ancient and mysterious portal where all the children’s books in the world are listed. Like Freemasonry, you must kno [..]
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F&G
Abbreviation for “Fold and Gather,” this is an unbound copy or “approval proofs” of the layout of a picture book sent by the publisher in advance of publication. The receipt of F&Gs typically caus [..]
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f&g
Abbreviation for “Fold and Gather,” this is an unbound copy or “approval proofs” of the layout of a picture book sent by the publisher in advance of publication. The receipt of F&Gs typically caus [..]
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