The a literary agent offers strategies for success Maass, Donald creator enk Portsmouth, NH Heinemann 1996 eng 245 p.; 23 cm "Successful New York literary agent Donald Maass has guided many fiction writers from first book to full-time career. In The Career Novelist, Maass has gathered his considerable experience and insight both as an agent and as an author of fourteen noves and put it into one indispensable resource. From Maass, learn about: -The dream and reality of being a published author, -how to choose your agent, -The marketing game, -Collaborations, -Electronic rights, and much much more! Wether you are launching or jumpstarting your writing career, The Career Novelist is the place to start. The dream -- The reality -- Pitching errors -- Choosing an agent -- More on choosing an agent -- The marketing game: How I sell novels -- Strategy session I: Breaking in -- A tour of the genres -- Crossover novels -- Numbers, numbers, numbers -- Self-promotion or self-delusion? -- Strategy session II: Midcareer damage control -- The bottom line: Storytelling -- Collaborations -- Pacikagers and work-for-hire -- Contracts and income -- Electronic rights: Power source or static? -- Strategy session III: Managing success -- Staying alive in the land of giants -- The economy and publishing -- Who will get rich writing fiction in the nineties? Donald Maass Autora̕ Ficción Literatura PN 3365 M111c 1996 9780435086930 150920 20230411090700.0 spa