Ok, I only came here originally to track down Orson Scott Card, after picking up his name on a website listing SF/F authors - all as part of a drive to contact a number of such genre authors from advice or comments on the professional submissions process for novellists.Most approaches were made by letter via publishers, but figured a few e-contacts wouldn't hurt.
I now have that info and can leave.
I've hung around a little and replied to some threads, met some interesting people, and felt a certain nice spirit in this place. It's nice, I like it - but my time is short. Got lots of important submissions to make, new novel in the making, short stories to work on, and a website to maintain. Oh, yes - and my young family.
So I may not be able to remain much longer.
As a potentially parting gesture, I'm cross posting a new resource from my own Forum here - some good links about agents, publishers, and the submissions process.
All I can say now is that it was nice to have met you all.
Do have fun - seriously.
Brian Turner
Here are some links that aspiring authors may find especially useful when soliciting for an agent/ publisher -
PREEDITORS AND EDITORS -
A large and good reference point. Especially useful for researching potential agents to see whether they have been blacklisted or not. However, the list appears not to be updated, and is not exhaustive:
http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/
ADVICE FROM PUBLISHED AUTHORS -
Mostly short excerpts, but some good comments in there. Especially check out comments from Anita Shreve and Jeffry Deaver:
http://www.authorsontheweb.com/features/0101advice/0101advice.asp
ARTICLES AND AGENT/ EDITOR INTERVIEWS -
Informative set of articles from Fiction Factor, with agents especially having their brains picked. Highly recommend you visit here if you're looking to publish.
http://www.fictionfactor.com/articles.html
THE AGENT SITUATION -
Probably the best article I've found on the web regarding submitting to agents:
http://www.sandiego-online.com/entertainment/sdwm/sept99/nonfiction.stm
US AGENTS - RESOURCE
This has to be one of the best goldmine's I've found online for soliciting to US agents. The above link was from here, but there are a number of others worth checking out.
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~tjp4773/litagent.html
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Latest news from the publishing world - often recommended, though I've not found myself able to subscribe. Maybe something to visit regurlarly, especially while soliciting:
http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?publication=publishers weekly
[This message has been edited by Chronicles_of_Empire (edited June 11, 2002).]