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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Two fascinating surveys appeared this week. They look at opposite ends of the writing business, but dovetail in interesting ways. (This is going to be a long post, so please bear with me.) The Writers' Workshop Survey of Professional Authors In March, the Writers' Workshop, a UK-based writers' consultancy, launched a survey of traditionally published authors.
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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Query Letter Mistakes Following on the theme of my previous post, here's a fascinating survey on the common mistakes that writers make in their query letters. Blogger JM contacted one hun... Read Post

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware As we begin the new year (Writer Beware's fourteenth!), here's a look back at some of Writer Beware's most notable posts and warnings from 2011. JANUARY First One Publishing's Writing Con... Read Post

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware It's freelance week at Writer Beware! In this week's blog posts, two guest bloggers will be discussing issues of interest and importance to freelance writers. In today's post, freelancer ... Read Post