Blogger: Mary Keeley
A client sent me the link to a May 8, 2013 blog post by Caleb Pirtle III. It was not so much a surprise as it was startling in the degree of his disgruntlement and that of those…
Read More...By Mary Keeley on May 15, 2013 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Business of writing, Publishers | 53 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
“We’d like to extend an offer on your book.” I don’t think those words will ever cease to thrill you, whether you are multi-published or this is your debut. Being prepared for what comes next will give your…
Read More...By Mary Keeley on May 8, 2013 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Marketing & Publicity, Publishers | 48 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Are there any four words repeated more often at writers’ get-togethers than the phrase, “I don’t get it. . .” followed by one of the perplexing mysteries of the publishing universe? Let’s face it, there’s much in publishing…
Read More...By Wendy Lawton on Apr 30, 2013 in Authors, Blog, Business of writing, Children's books, Fiction, Marketing & Publicity, Publishers, Writing Life | 86 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Writer’s Lament:
Lament One: I’ve written my first book. It’s not only fresh and well-written but I’ve experimented with technique and really pushed the envelope when it comes to content and format. My critique group calls it a work of…
Read More...By Wendy Lawton on Apr 23, 2013 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Business of writing, Finding an Agent, Publishers | 85 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
A client forwarded a link to a guest blog that’s been circulating, titled “Is Baby Boomer Lit the Next Hot Genre?” by Claude Nougat. You can view it here. She lays the groundwork by summarizing how this audience…
Read More...By Mary Keeley on Mar 27, 2013 in Authors, Blog, Business of writing, Publishers, Publishing News, Reading | 67 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
One of the most frustrating attitudes that has grown out of the new publishing paradigm is a them vs. us mentality. If you’ve spent any time at all reading writing blogs it won’t be long until you come…
Read More...By Wendy Lawton on Mar 12, 2013 in Agents, Blog, Book Proposals, Publishers | 56 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I was recently talking to a client about traditionally published books vs. self published books. She worried that with so many under-edited and half-baked books* making their way to the market, readers might get frustrated by the lack…
Read More...By Wendy Lawton on Feb 26, 2013 in Blog, Business of writing, Publishers | 94 Comments
Guest Blogger: Chad Allen
Janet here: Today we have the honor of posting a blog by Chad Allen, editorial director for Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group. He blogs about writing, publishing, life, and creativity at http://www.chadrallen.com/.
Welcome, Chad. We’re…
Read More...By Janet Grant on Feb 14, 2013 in Blog, Business of writing, Marketing & Publicity, Publishers | 64 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
One of the occurrences that we enjoy at Books & Such is when surprise publishing opportunities are presented to us that we can then pass along to our clients.
Here are a couple of examples:
1) An editor came to…
Read More...By Rachel Kent on Jan 30, 2013 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Publishers, Writing Life | 60 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
This blog is in answer to a question we received from Kristen in Washington.
She asks: “Let’s suppose that three editors request a proposal at a writers conference. What in the world does a writer do if one of…
Read More...By Rachel Kent on Jan 23, 2013 in Blog, Publishers, Writer's Conferences, Writing Life | 22 Comments
