Here’s a little tradecraft for you. Copyediting and Proofreading are not the same thing. Copyediting often includes proofreading, but it’s not its primary goal. It’s the icing on the cake that makes your story better. Proofreading does not include copyediting (though occasionally a proofreader will attempt to do so and it usually means a lot…
You may not be, for whatever foolish reasons you have, following agent Kristin Nelson’s blog. That should change, for she has published the one lesson to rule them all. Read this.
What makes Epic fantasy Epic fantasy and not just traditional, urban, or any other sub-genre is a well-worn conversation. One that I’m kind of bored with, actually. It’s been discussed enough that the informed have come to a general consensus (scope of setting/cast/stakes, etc), the uninformed bumble in that general direction, and the hair splitters…
Everyone always calls agents the gatekeepers. This is silly. Agents aren’t gatekeepers. Agents’ assistants are gatekeepers. So keep that in mind the next time you think an assistant is beneath you. Okay, really, no one reading my journal right now is a Douchebag McAsshole that would condescend an assistant. But some day I’ll be popular…