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The Author's Checklist: An Agent's Guide to Developing and Editing Your Manuscript Audiobook
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An indispensable guide for all writers in all genres
The bad news: even really good manuscripts have weak spots that are enough to garner rejections from agents and publishers. The good news: most of these problems are easy to fix once the writer sees and understands them.
Over time, literary agent Elizabeth Kracht noticed that many submissions had similar problems, so she began to make a list of the pitfalls. She knew that even excellent projects could be rejected based on these surmountable issues because those on the receiving end of proposals most often don’t have the time to walk writers through needed adjustments. And writers can’t clearly judge their own creative output. The checklist Kracht has created helps writers make their manuscripts good to go. It offers short, easy-to-implement bites of advice, illustrated by inspiring and cautionary real-world examples.
Kracht cuts to the chase and demystifies intricate issues like dialogue and pacing as well as nuts-and-bolts subjects such as query letters and agency guidelines. The result is a reliable, doable way for writers to make their work truly ready for readers. Most aspiring authors yearn for a friend in book publishing. The Authors Checklist is just that.
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“Outstanding! A smart, practical, and immensely readable book…a valuable resource for published and prepublished writers.”
— Sheldon Siegel, New York Times bestselling author of the Mike Daley?/?Rosie Fernandez legal thrill
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“A must-have book for every writer’s tool kit.”
— Robert Dugoni, New York Times bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite Series -
“Outstanding! A smart, practical, and immensely readable book…a valuable resource for published and prepublished writers.”
— Sheldon Siegel, New York Times bestselling author of the Mike Daley / Rosie Fernandez legal thrill -
“An invaluable resource for any writer shopping their novel. This is a must-have!”
— Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of V Wars
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About Elizabeth K. Kracht
Elizabeth K. Kracht is a literary agent with Kimberley Cameron & Associates and a freelance editor. She often participates in writers’ conferences nationally and internationally and lives in Tiburon, California.
About Nan McNamara
Nan McNamara has performed on stage, television, film, and behind the microphone in voice-overs for over twenty years. Her passion is to tell good stories—no matter what the medium. Originally from St. Paul, Nan received a BA cum laude in theater.