Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley, California Office
Weather: Cloudy and 67º
I guess you can tell that we’ve been talking about rule-following and judicious rule-bending this week. Let’s take a look at some of the rules you’ve heard about…
By Wendy Lawton on Nov 11, 2009 in Agents, Authors, Finding an Agent, query | 5 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley, California Office
Weather: Gorgeous Autumn Weather– sunny and 66º
You’ve seen a number of agent blogs and agent twitters talking about query tips and #queryfail. Agent websites are filled with instructions on how and how-not…
By Wendy Lawton on Nov 9, 2009 in Blog, Finding an Agent, queries, query | 12 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
After weeks, possibly months, of waiting for an answer to your submission, you receive a short, polite letter (or email) informing you that your project isn’t right for the agent…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Jul 22, 2009 in Agents, Finding an Agent, Writing Life, query | 6 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
When an agent sends a rejection letter, different types of rejections mean different things. Here’s the inside scoop, as I see it, on four main forms of rejection:
The Plain Old…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Jul 21, 2009 in Agents, Finding an Agent, Writing Life, query | 10 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office; Santa Rosa, Calif.
An author emailed us a couple of questions, which I’m going to spend today answering.
Here are the questions:
“How willing is an agent to help an author develop an idea into…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Jun 25, 2009 in Agents, Finding an Agent, Writing Life | 7 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
For those of you who despaired after reading the number of queries our office has received so far this year (almost 3,000 for those of you who missed Michelle’s…
By janetgrant on Jun 24, 2009 in Agents, Authors, Finding an Agent, Marketing & Publicity, Writing Life | 9 Comments
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Happily home in glorious Santa Rosa, Calif.
Almost every step of a publishing career begins with a simple query—a quick pitch—describing a manuscript. It could be a simple, “what do you think of this story?” asked at a…
By Michelle Ule on Jun 23, 2009 in Agents, Finding an Agent, Writing Life, queries | 11 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: From beautiful Anchorage, Alaska
Weather: Scattered showers and 63º
Where’s Miss Etta? This was Etta Wilson’s week to blog and I’m guessing many of you tuned in to hear more of her wisdom for children’s writers. But Miss Etta is…
By Wendy Lawton on Jun 22, 2009 in Agents, Fiction, Finding an Agent, Life, Nonfiction, Writing Life, queries | 8 Comments
