Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

How to Sell Your Novel

First Novel Sales: The Data

What’s the average advance for a first novel? How long does it take the typical first novel to sell? Do most first novelists sell their books on their own, or through an agent? Will publishers and agents consider first novelists who don’t have any short fiction publication credits?

Tags: Jim C. Hines, Writer Beware

Hunting for a Literary Agent

Article by Chuck Rothman on (almost) everything you need to know about agents, including how to avoid scams.

Tags: agent, Chuck Rothman, Intermediate, Rothman, writing

Do You Know How to Sell Your Sword?

As an author, it’s important for you to know how to sell and market your book. Because there is no shortage of books and articles on the subject, I’d like to tackle the subject of marketing your book from a more metaphorical approach. (If you’ve ever heard me speak, you should know I’m pretty big on metaphors to help you better understand topics in a different way.) In your case, I feel that it’s not only important to understand how to sell, but also understand a little bit more about a typical sales cycle.

Tags: online marketing, selling book online, selling books

Victoria Strauss — The Perils of Searching For Publishers on the Internet

Imagine you’re a new writer. You’ve just completed your first manuscript, and are on fire to get it published. You don’t know a lot about the publishing world, or how to identify a good publisher for your book–but that’s okay. You have the Internet.
So you open a search engine–Google, let’s say–and type “publishers” into the [...]

Tags: Writer Beware

The Complete Nobody’s Guide to Query Letters

Lynn Flewelling writes on the basics of query letters.

Tags: Flewelling, Intermediate, Lynn Flewelling, query letters, writing

“Excuse Me, How Much Did It Cost You?”

An anti-scam handout by A. C. Crispin

Tags: self-publishing