Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office: IL
The continuous evolution of e-book publishing and its surrounding causes and effects warrant occasional updates. What do the latest shifts mean for authors and publishers? Here are two newsworthy comments:
By Mary Keeley on Oct 27, 2011 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Business of writing, Publishers, Publishing News, Reading | 7 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
It’s sometimes easy to lose track of the real reason we’re doing this work of writing books, publishing books, and publicizing what’s been published. I’ve seen a number of instances…
By Rachel Kent on Oct 17, 2011 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Productivity, Publishers, Writing Life | 11 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office; Santa Rosa, Calif.
I served on faculty at the ACFW conference last week, and I’m happy to report that it was a wonderful event with so many blessed moments. Today I’d like to…
By Rachel Kent on Sep 28, 2011 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Finding an Agent, Writing Life | 18 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Yesterday I wrote about a client who engaged in magical thinking when it came to creating a proposal. She thought she could dash off some vaguely formed ideas and…
By Janet Grant on Sep 9, 2011 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Book Proposals | 22 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
In my continuing saga of times my clients have assumed the roles of good clients/bad clients, today I’m going to showcase “bad” client behavior when it comes to preparing…
By Janet Grant on Sep 8, 2011 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Book Proposals | 12 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
In my last post, I wrote about a time one of my clients assumed the role of “bad client.” Today I want to commend one of my clients, who…
By Janet Grant on Sep 7, 2011 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Business of writing, Marketing & Publicity, Writing Life | 14 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
As I read agents’ blogs, tweets and Facebook comments, I’ve been wondering if we’re a bunch of prima donnas. You might have noticed that we’ll often utter such directions…
By Janet Grant on Sep 5, 2011 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Business of writing | 24 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Traveling to the Pacific Northwest
Disclaimer: These observations are based largely on my own practices and those I’ve observed from the many agents I know and admire. But each agent is different (just like each writer) and has…
By Wendy Lawton on Aug 9, 2011 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Book Proposals, Business of writing, Finding an Agent | 9 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
A couple of weeks ago one of my clients wrote to ask the following of me:
“As I’ve observed and visited with many unpublished authors who attend conferences, I find that the…
By Wendy Lawton on Aug 8, 2011 in Agents, Blog, Book Proposals, Business of writing, Finding an Agent, Queries | 18 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
As we started to discuss yesterday, here are some additional items for you to consider as you weigh e-publishing’s pros and cons:
If you’re fortunate enough to have…
By Janet Grant on Aug 5, 2011 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Business of writing, Writing Life | 6 Comments
