tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post6435793766109900236..comments2024-03-28T12:01:31.049-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: Dear AmbitiousJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-21662601752905569912014-07-25T14:40:55.431-04:002014-07-25T14:40:55.431-04:00Great advice. Thank you, Warren.Great advice. Thank you, Warren.Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-26526117267722028512014-07-25T14:18:16.120-04:002014-07-25T14:18:16.120-04:00I struggle with requested bios--I have two request...I struggle with requested bios--I have two requests, right now, for short stories that have been accepted for publication. What have I ever done that's interesting enough for people I don't know to want to read? I've fallen back on pretty much supplying the one I have on my author page on Amazon. And I don't supply personal information unless it's requested--I'd rather have the attention on the work than on me.KM Rockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973749764907859829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-18362279128113874352014-07-25T13:15:56.013-04:002014-07-25T13:15:56.013-04:00Excellent post. For five years I read submissions ...Excellent post. For five years I read submissions for The Larcom Review and The Larcom Press, and it was easy to spot the professionals from the wannabes and beginners. I had begun with the assumption that some things were apocryphal but wannabes really did tell me that their friends loved their story and I would too if I had any taste. Some of the cover and query letters were hilarious and I soon read them hoping for a good laugh. The stories we selected almost always came with no or very short cover letters. And the writers always followed the submission guidelines.Susan Oleksiwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693057997469296068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-3358859355678402522014-07-25T11:28:44.001-04:002014-07-25T11:28:44.001-04:00Warren, back in my early days of after my first bo...Warren, back in my early days of after my first book was finished, I sent out queries to various agents and publishers and if I heard from any of them, I got a rejection. This was in the days before I discovered Sinc or the Guppies. I hate to think of how amateurish those early queries were. I certainly didn't have any writing publications to mention outside of one short story that had won a contest.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-34021473729767152362014-07-25T10:53:47.554-04:002014-07-25T10:53:47.554-04:00Some publications want bios sent with the submissi...Some publications want bios sent with the submission while others consider it superfluous.<br /><br />The important thing is to follow the guidelines. Also, gear your bio to the writing area that the pub represents.Jacqueline Seewaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09177500620940251009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-64691634053141504862014-07-25T05:23:03.051-04:002014-07-25T05:23:03.051-04:00I remember receiving a rejection to a literary mag...I remember receiving a rejection to a literary magazine prior to earning any writing credits. About my biography (in which I had provided way too much information) one reviewer for the magazine commented to the effect that anything much more than my name and where I lived was superfluous.<br /><br />A bit harsh, but it did make the point. I now have standard 50, 75 & 100-word bios on my computer that I update as the occasion needs.<br /><br />~ Jim<br />Jim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-1469196693363095152014-07-25T04:43:51.784-04:002014-07-25T04:43:51.784-04:00Wonderful of you, Warren, to take the time to addr...Wonderful of you, Warren, to take the time to address one reader's concerns. "Ambitious" is a young woman who would like to become a writer, just like all of us when we first realized we wanted careers as writers. Good advise!E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.com