Companion studios
The other desks in the same office.
Author Fair Guide is one room. These are the companion guides Stewart Ferris publishes under Upcott Studios — earnings, contracts, agents, queries, marketing, and prizes.
How Writers Earn
A field guide to every way writers are paid: royalties, advances, rights, teaching, festivals, and the rest.
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Inside the Contract
Royalties, advances, subsidiary rights, and how a publishing deal is actually put together.
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The Writer’s Guide to Agents
What a literary or film agent does, whether you need one, and how to approach them.
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The Query Book
A manuscript and script submission tracker, with the covering letter, the synopsis, and when to follow up.
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The Author’s Desk
Book marketing for writers published by a house or on their own: press, publicity, and local ground.
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The Prize Calendar
Writing competitions worldwide, ordered by deadline, with fees, prizes, and the mistakes that knock entries out.
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