Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the most popular film stars were Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Astaire and Rogers, in particular, danced through spectaculars, filled with…
By Michelle Ule on Jan 13, 2010 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Writing Life, queries | 14 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.
Agents may dole out hundreds (or thousands) of rejections each year, but we experience rejection from the other side too. Each day we receive rejections from publishing houses for authors’…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Jul 23, 2009 in Agents, Life, Publishers, Writing Life, queries | 9 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
This week I’m going to talk about something we all hate: rejection. Unfortunately rejection is a big part of a writer’s life, and it’s also a big part of an…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Jul 20, 2009 in Agents, Writing Life, queries | 10 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
