Blogger: Rachel Kent
I was happy to go to the Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference for one day this year, even though I wasn’t on faculty, to meet with my clients. (BTW, I love Mount Hermon’s writers conference, so if you…
Read More...By Rachel Kent on Apr 4, 2012 in Authors, Blog, Business of writing, Writing Craft, Writing Life | 36 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Last week I sang editors’ praises, saying these individuals need to have a bigger voice in publishing, serving the much-needed role of tastemakers and gatekeepers. Today I want to tell you why I don’t like editors, the…
Read More...By Janet Grant on Apr 2, 2012 in Authors, Blog, Writing Craft, Writing Life | 42 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
In my March 22 blog “3 Tips to Prepare Content for New Technologies,” Cynthia Ruchti brought up a good point about permissions as they relate to imminent new technologies. Since general questions also have been asked in recent…
Read More...By Mary Keeley on Mar 30, 2012 in Authors, Blog, Business of writing | 29 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
The American Association of Publishers recently held its annual meeting in New York, with best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell as the closing speaker. The theme of his message: We need an editor.
Gladwell used a variety of real-life anecdotes…
Read More...By Janet Grant on Mar 26, 2012 in Authors, Blog, Publishers, Reading | 50 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
An explosion in ebook technology is imminent. Some say we’ll see major innovations this year. I can sense angst—maybe fear—of the unknown. But anticipating these and doing some advance planning will help to alleviate negative reactions and increase…
Read More...By Mary Keeley on Mar 22, 2012 in Authors, Blog, Writing Craft, Writing Life | 34 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Part 3 of 3: Shakespeare’s Lady
The third release of 2012 for my clients is Alexa Schnee’s Shakespeare’s Lady. The novel releases on April 3, but you could pre-order the book online. My agent copies arrived last week, and…
Read More...By Rachel Kent on Mar 21, 2012 in Authors, Blog, Fiction, Finding an Agent, Writing Life | 25 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Part 2 of 3– Moonblood
Next up in my series of the journeys three of my clients went through to get published (and whose books released earlier this year) is Anne Elisabeth Stengl’s new release, Moonblood. This book is…
Read More...By Rachel Kent on Mar 20, 2012 in Authors, Blog, Fiction, Finding an Agent, Writing Craft, Writing Life | 37 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Part 1 of 3–Sixty Acres and a Bride
I have three clients who each had a book release so far in 2012, and I thought our blog readers would gain insight into how getting published works by following the…
Read More...By Rachel Kent on Mar 19, 2012 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Business of writing, Writing Life | 24 Comments
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Part 2 of 3
Yesterday I explained how our agency’s query system works and why. Today I’m going to look at what makes us enthusiastic about a fiction query.
First, the numbers.
I chose a random month in 2011 and did…
Read More...By Michelle Ule on Mar 8, 2012 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Business of writing, Fiction, Finding an Agent, Queries, Writing Craft | 16 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Don’t Believe Everything You Hear
Part 3 of 3
Several of my client phone conversations this week centered around sales. I’ve never seen such anxiety over sales numbers. Some of the things I’ve heard lately went something like this:
By Wendy Lawton on Feb 24, 2012 in Authors, Blog, Business of writing | 30 Comments
