2001 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market (Novel & Short Story Writer's Market, 2001)

Editorial Review:

So you've finished your magnum opus. Or perhaps that MFA is completed and you're ready to unveil your fabulous array of short stories. In any case, to achieve publication, you've got to know where to send your work, how to send it, and, most important, who's buying. For fiction of any length, the 2001 Novel and Short Story Writer's Market is a useful guidebook through the maze of publishers, markets, and agents. Every year brings us a slew of freshly researched Writer's Guides; in the 2001 version, you'll find the latest contact names at publishing giants, academic presses, and consumer magazines, along with respected awards and contests, conferences, and micropresses. The book lets you know which editors are seeking new work, which ones use only agent-represented submissions or handle specific types of work, and when to send the all-important SASE or crack the international or online markets. Each entry includes up-to-date contact information, in-depth details for submission of your work, and often market-specific tips like "We look for strong characters, vivid detail, and believable dialogue." Advice is geared for genres like romance, mystery, screenwriting, and horror, and authors of these special sections are either successfully published authors or editors who've worked in the field for years. If the only thing stopping you from being published is the final step of finding a publisher, this is one book you can't live without. --Jill Lightner

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Insider's Reports:

This is a very useful book. As well as the market information, I liked the insights of the writers which are offered in the Insider's Reports sections. There was a great interview with Robert McBrearty concerning his collection of short stories, A Night at the Y. I read A Night at the Y and thought it was one of the funniest, most touching books I'd ever read. I'm glad Writer's Digest called the book to my attention.

Useful, but.......:

Every year (or just about) I purchase a copy of Novel and Short Story Writer's Market. Is the guide useful? Well, yes, but I feel I need to qualify that "yes." Writer's Digest, the publisher, does a decent job, but like so many Writer's Digest books, their guides seem aimed at a broad, rather general, audience. If you're a newbie on the scene (and I'm directing this review more towards the literary writer rather than the genre writer), you'll soon learn that the Novel and Short Story Writer's Market's... more info

*Good for the experienced, bad for the newbie:

While this book is a handy tool for those already familiar with the publishing process, it does not provide much detail for the inexperienced writer. I received this book as a gift and read through it, hoping it'd give me a good foundation in the writing experience, but truth be told, all it gave me was a bunch of phone numbers and email addresses, and a few tips here and there about writing. Don't get me wrong--several of the book's words of wisdom are invaluable, and it provides an excellent example of a... more info

Not recommended for the Novice Writer:

Although this book would come in handy for anyone who has a good foundation and knowledge in the publishing process, for anyone who hasn't--like me--this book would not help much. It provides a few helpful tips and words of wisdom here and there and even gives an excellent example of a book prosposal, but for the inexperienced beginner who might not even know what a query letter is, I would not recommend this book. The book doesn't go into enough depth about the writing/publishing process. If you want major... more info

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