Blogger: Wendy Lawton
One of the best writing books of all time is Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Browne and King. I’ve devoured that book multiple times. I used to read it, William Zinsser’s On Writing Well, and The Elements of Style by Strunk…
Read More...By Wendy Lawton on May 14, 2013 in Blog, ebooks, Writing Craft | 125 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Our agency received a notification in the mail yesterday from The United Methodist Publishing House about the closing of the 56 Cokesbury stores nationwide. This closure has also been reported online on sites like ECPA.org. The mailing about…
Read More...By Rachel Kent on Nov 14, 2012 in Blog, Bookstores, ebooks, Writing Life | 78 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Now that ebooks are a common and accepted way of reading, I’m curious to know how they are affecting your library usage.
Personally, I’m much more likely to buy a book on my Kindle or at an online bookstore…
Read More...By Rachel Kent on Sep 5, 2012 in Blog, Bookstores, ebooks, Reading | 76 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I just returned from ICRS (International Christian Retail Show) in Orlando where I had the opportunity to pitch several of my clients’ projects in person. This is one of my favorite parts of agenting. Instant feedback. As I…
Read More...By Wendy Lawton on Jul 24, 2012 in Authors, Blog, Book Proposals, ebooks, ICRS | 36 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Tomorrow we celebrate the birthday of the United States of America— the day in 1776 that we adopted the Declaration of Independence.
Many in our writing community have been declaring a similar independence recently. I’ve jokingly called them the…
Read More...By Wendy Lawton on Jul 3, 2012 in Blog, Business of writing, ebooks | 40 Comments
