Corbin shared a few other words of wisdom with us:

- Don't follow the market. By the time you finish a novel to suit the market, it will have moved on already.
- Research each agent you are going to query and make sure you make her list. Look up agents in your favorite books (acknowledgments page), and research them. Corbin hired a friend great with researching to help with her agent list.
- To get blurbs for your book start networking with local writing groups, other authors, and mentors.
- Non-fiction, memoirs especially, tend to be only 60,000 words--this is due to publishing costs.
- Make sure you can get out of your agent contract if you want to. Don't let them trap you in for a year or two years if they aren't going to fulfill their end of the bargain. If you negotiate a publishing contract agent-free, hire a publishing lawyer or freelance agent (they help negotiate contracts, contract free, for a small sum).
- When you are out to find an agent, don't grab up the first one you come across simply because they want to represent you. You are out to interview that agent as well. If you can't get along with them professionally, working together isn't going to be a lot of fun.

Check out Corbin's website here, and support authors by buying her book! All in all, I greatly enjoyed meeting Corbin. She is a down to earth woman, absolutely gorgeous, and a great speaker. Her parting words of wisdom on how to stay motivated: get support through a writing group or mentor, make writing a priority, nurture yourself with a walk or a latte, and remember the key to being a writer is to keep writing.
1 comment:
Banned complain !! Complaining only causes life and mind become more severe. Enjoy the rhythm of the problems faced. No matter ga life, not a problem not learn, so enjoy it :)
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