How to Get Happily Published: A Complete and Candid Guide

Hundreds of thousands of writers-pros and first-timers-have benefited from Judith Appelbaum's advice. Now this industry classic is brimming with new information:

• A whole new section on agents-what they do and don't do, how to get an agent, change agents, and function without an agent
• How to write effective queries and proposals
• New options in deals with publisher
• What editors want now
• The pros and cons of larger and smaller publishers
• The multiple submissions route
• Coping with orphaned manuscripts and other perils
• Opportunities for selling excerpts, ghostwriting and packaging