Mystery Writer's Sourcebook

by Borcherding, David H.; Prues, Don

• ISBN13: 9780898797244
• ISBN10: 0898797241
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-09-01
• Publisher: Writers Digest Books

Summary

The mystery should be in the book or story - not how to create and sell it. To put everything where it must be - a tight story on paper and the manuscript on the right editor's desk - use Mystery Writer's Sourcebook: Where to Sell Your Manuscripts. It's like having a team of mentors who help you hone your prose and sell it.
In this completely updated second edition, you'll find market reports on 120 book and magazine publishers, writing guidance, inside information on how to get a first-rate agent, publishing house profiles, a look at developing trends, reprints of terrific work, interviews with professionals, and additional information resources. Online services, organizations, workshops, contests, mystery bookstores - these listings are like a ring full of skeleton keys.

Table of Contents

From the Editor	p. 1
A View From The Experts	p. 4
The Vital Importance of Setting	p. 12
Plotting the Mystery	p. 20
Give A Clue	p. 28
Writing a Series	p. 34
An Interview with Margaret Maron	p. 43
Marketing Your Mystery Novel	p. 49
Primary Novel Markets	p. 61
Ballantine Books (Joe Blades)	p. 62
Bantam Books (Kate Miciak)	p. 66
Berkley Publishing Group (Natalee Rosenstein)	p. 72
Dutton/Signet, A Division of Penguin USA (Joseph Pittman)	p. 76
Donald I. Fine (Jason Jacob Poston)	p. 79
Forge (An Imprint of Tor Books) (Camille Cline)	p. 84
Foul Play Press (Louis F. Kannenstine)	p. 88
Harper Collins Publishers (Eamon Dolan)	p. 91
Kensington Publishing Corp. (Sarah Gallick)	p. 95
Mysterious Press (Sara Ann Freed)	p. 98
The Naiad Press, Inc. (Barbara Grier)	p. 101
Random House, Inc. (Elisa Wares)	p. 104
St. Martin's Press (Keith Kahla)	p. 107
Walker and Co. (Michael Seidman)	p. 110
Secondary and Foreign Novel Markets	p. 114
Marketing Your Short Story	p. 173
Primary Short Fiction Markets	p. 178
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine (Cathleen Jordan)	p. 180
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (Janet Hutchings)	p. 183
Hardboiled Magazine (Gary Lovisit)	p. 187
Mystery Forum Magazine (Bob Myers)	p. 191
New Mystery Magazine (Charles Raisch)	p. 195
NOIR (Christopher Mills)	p. 199
Over My Dead Body! The Mystery Magazine (Cherie Jung)	p. 202
Pirate Writings (Edward McFadden)	p. 206
Secondary and Foreign Short Fiction Markets	p. 210
Nonfiction Short Markets	p. 244
How To Find, And Keep, A Top-Notch Mystery Agent	p. 277
Agent Listings	p. 291
Anatomy of a Sale:
"Me and Mr. Harry" to Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine	p. 329
The Innocents to Walker and Company	p. 339
Felony Murder to St. Martin's Press, Inc.	p. 348
Organizations, Conventions and Awards	p. 370
Online Resources	p. 382
Reference Books, Periodicals and Other References	p. 390
Bookstore Listings	p. 395
Must Reading	p. 426
About the Contributors	p. 427
Glossary of Mystery Terms	p. 432
Editor Index	p. 437
Category Index/Novel Markets	p. 439
Category Index/Magazine Markets	p. 444
Category Index/Agents	p. 449
General Index	p. 454
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