Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Little bits of encouragement picked up along the way can be lifelines to authors during the difficult and depressing moments that sometimes threaten the writing journey.
What is one of your…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Apr 23, 2010 in Authors, Blog, Life, Writing Life | 13 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I think it’s time for some real-life examples of positively rejected manuscripts…that were published.
My client, Sarah Sundin, spent seven years pitching and perfecting her WWII historical romance. She received many…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Apr 22, 2010 in Blog, Writing Life | 7 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Why are we receiving these positive rejection letters so frequently? Agents spend a lot of time finding the best projects out there to submit to publishers. We believe the books…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Apr 21, 2010 in Blog | 16 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Yesterday we discussed an agent’s response to receiving rejection letters that essentially say, “I loved this book, but I’m going to have to pass.”
Thank you to those of you who…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Apr 20, 2010 in Authors, Blog, Fiction, Nonfiction, Productivity, Writing Life | 15 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I received a rejection for a client’s project on Friday. Interestingly, all of the editors’ responses to this book have been just about the same.
The rejections look something like this:…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Apr 19, 2010 in Agents, Blog, Fiction, Finding an Agent, Publishers, Writing Life | 8 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Yesterday we discussed reviews. Crystal mentioned that a well-written review is helpful. That started me to thinking:
What makes a review well-written?
Does a reader need to have certain qualifications to write…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Mar 19, 2010 in Blog, Reading | 6 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Readers often do research before they buy a book, and reviews factor into purchases more and more.
The trend in reviews is changing rapidly with the change of technology. Because magazines…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Mar 18, 2010 in Blog, Marketing & Publicity, Writing Life | 8 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Researching at a bookstore is fun and you can learn a lot, but you can find out about trends in other places as well.
Spend some time looking at books online…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Mar 17, 2010 in Authors, Blog, Marketing & Publicity, Productivity, Publishers, Publishing News | 1 Comment
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Barnes & Noble, Santa Rosa, Calif.
While I was in the bookstore, I focused my research on historical romance. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, we’ll start with the pictures of what I saw in the…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Mar 16, 2010 in Authors, Blog, Fiction, Marketing & Publicity, Teen books, Writing Life | 12 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Barnes & Noble, Santa Rosa, Calif.
When I was in Denver at the Jerry B. Jenkins Writing for the Soul Conference, two questions I was asked frequently were, “What’s popular now?” and “What book trends do you see…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Mar 15, 2010 in Blog, Fiction, Marketing & Publicity, Nonfiction, Productivity, Publishers | 3 Comments
