Blogger: Mary Keeley
I would prefer to plan my work and work my plan with few surprises that upset the proverbial applecart. It almost never happens that way, though. I’m a list maker and love to cross off items as I…
Read More...By Mary Keeley on Jun 19, 2013 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Business of writing, Publishers, Writing Life | 3 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I have a book that I love. It’s The Writer’s Desk by Jill Krementz. Krementz is the wife of the late Kurt Vonnegut and is considered one of the century’s great author portraitists. The book feels like a window…
Read More...By Wendy Lawton on Jun 18, 2013 in Blog | 115 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
I call May and June Convention Alley. Three major events that focus (mostly) on books occur one after the other: Book Expo America (BEA), which is the largest of the shows, focuses primarily on general market publishing;…
Read More...By Janet Grant on Jun 17, 2013 in Authors, Blog, Bookstores, ebooks, Marketing & Publicity, Publishers | 55 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
In the publishing world, and especially in the Christian publishing market, we consider fellow writers to be friends, and we all want to help each other. The shared understanding of those long, lonely hours spent typing away to…
Read More...By Rachel Kent on Jun 14, 2013 in Blog, Publishers, Writing Life | 39 Comments
Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
When I decided to become a literary agent, I received advice from several wise people who knew what I was getting into. They told me it would be a steep learning curve, it would be challenging to build…
Read More...By Rachelle Gardner on Jun 13, 2013 in Agents, Blog | 65 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
As the competition for publishing contracts at the large traditional publishers becomes increasingly stiff, small independent presses can be an attractive alternative for new writers as a quicker means to get published. There are pluses and minuses with…
Read More...By Mary Keeley on Jun 12, 2013 in Authors, Blog, Business of writing, Marketing & Publicity, Publishers | 46 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
A week or so ago I had the pleasure of sitting for a leisurely hour or two on a sunny veranda overlooking Florida’s intracoastal waterway with Cynthia Callender, marketing and publicity director at Vero Beach Book Center. My friend,…
Read More...By Wendy Lawton on Jun 11, 2013 in Blog, Bookstores | 42 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
I’ve noted that several of you, in previous blog comments, have mentioned that you’ve felt inundated by so many potential blogs to read and have had to figure out a way to sort through the banal and…
Read More...By Janet Grant on Jun 10, 2013 in Blog, Reading | 36 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
A Books & Such client received a glowing review from her editor this week and that author is on Cloud 9 because of the praise. The editor said that the book was the best first draft she has…
Read More...By Rachel Kent on Jun 7, 2013 in Blog, Writing Life | 50 Comments
Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
Like most people these days, agents tend to keep pretty busy, and one thing we’re always doing is READING. My desk is piled high with manuscripts. Okay, I’m lying. There are no piles. There are files in my computer,…
Read More...By Rachelle Gardner on Jun 6, 2013 in Agents, Blog | 74 Comments
