Comments on: Happy Hump Day http://kellymortimer.com/2008/08/13/happy-hump-day/ Kelly Mortimer of Mortimer Literary Agency Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:52:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: sheriboeyink http://kellymortimer.com/2008/08/13/happy-hump-day/#comment-249 sheriboeyink Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:15:45 +0000 http://kellymortimer.com/2008/08/13/happy-hump-day/#comment-249 Awesome ideas!!!! Never thought of the short story "adapted from the novel ....." Great! Awesome ideas!!!! Never thought of the short story “adapted from the novel …..”

Great!

]]> By: Brenda Nixon http://kellymortimer.com/2008/08/13/happy-hump-day/#comment-247 Brenda Nixon Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:31:26 +0000 http://kellymortimer.com/2008/08/13/happy-hump-day/#comment-247 Glad you found the ideas helpful sheri. Yes, magazines publish fiction if written well and it meets their guidelines. What you can do is take a chapter from your novel and rewrite it to meet the publication's guidelines or write a short story around a character from your book. It is harder to sell fiction excerpts than it is nonfiction or poetry, but with legwork you can find a publication that buys short fiction. Then, on the tagline (bottom bio of the piece) you say something like, "Adapted from the novel bla bla bla." And that gives your book exposure. Make sense? Glad you found the ideas helpful sheri.
Yes, magazines publish fiction if written well and it meets their guidelines. What you can do is take a chapter from your novel and rewrite it to meet the publication’s guidelines or write a short story around a character from your book. It is harder to sell fiction excerpts than it is nonfiction or poetry, but with legwork you can find a publication that buys short fiction. Then, on the tagline (bottom bio of the piece) you say something like, “Adapted from the novel bla bla bla.” And that gives your book exposure. Make sense?

]]> By: sheriboeyink http://kellymortimer.com/2008/08/13/happy-hump-day/#comment-245 sheriboeyink Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:58:23 +0000 http://kellymortimer.com/2008/08/13/happy-hump-day/#comment-245 Ohhh, these are great ideas. Not that I'm published yet, but when and if, I'll be sure to think outside the box. The rubber stamp thing, that's great!!! Do magazines publish part of Fiction? I wouldn't know where to begin considering what chapter I'd put up other than the first one...to get them hooked? Great Blog today! Ohhh, these are great ideas. Not that I’m published yet, but when and if, I’ll be sure to think outside the box. The rubber stamp thing, that’s great!!! Do magazines publish part of Fiction? I wouldn’t know where to begin considering what chapter I’d put up other than the first one…to get them hooked?

Great Blog today!

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