Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
Yesterday we talked about the Book-At-A-Glance. Almost as important is the author info. Few publishers are interested in looking at a disembodied book. They are interested in the unique combination of…
By Wendy Lawton on Oct 5, 2011 in Blog, Book Proposals | 12 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
The first portion of the proposal we’ll examine is what I call Book-at-a-Glance. Many people teach proposal writing and you will come across at least as many different suggested styles. That’s…
By Wendy Lawton on Oct 4, 2011 in Blog, Book Proposals | 21 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
If you follow the Books & Such Blog you may have been expecting to hear from our fearless leader, Janet Kobobel Grant, this week. Because of her schedule, Janet will be…
By Wendy Lawton on Oct 3, 2011 in Blog, Book Proposals | 13 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Midwest Office, IL
For those of you in a critique group, you probably celebrate daily. That is, if your group members are continually growing and learning, truly challenge each other, and don’t hesitate to voice constructive criticism. If…
Read More...By Mary Keeley on Sep 21, 2011 in Blog, Book Proposals, Business of writing, Writing Craft | 12 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…
Read More...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…
Read More...By Janet Grant on Sep 8, 2011 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Book Proposals | 12 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…
Read More...By Wendy Lawton on Aug 8, 2011 in Agents, Blog, Book Proposals, Business of writing, Finding an Agent, Queries | 18 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office, IL
Ruth Goring, editor at the University of Chicago Press, led a workshop at the EPA Convention on changes in The Chicago Manual of Style: 16th Edition (CMS). Why is this topic so important…
Read More...By Mary Keeley on May 27, 2011 in Blog, Book Proposals, Business of writing, Publishers | 28 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest office, IL
Attending writers conferences is something most agents do on a regular basis. Not only do the conferees learn but so also do the faculty. I plan to unfold for you some of…
Read More...By Mary Keeley on May 23, 2011 in Blog, Book Proposals, Publishers, Writing Life | 17 Comments
