Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Why You Must Make It Personal
Part 1 of 2
Last week, Rachelle did a three-part series on what writers, publishers and agents can learn from Kodak’s failure to stay out of bankruptcy. One of her posts was on the…
Read More...By Janet Grant on Feb 20, 2012 in Authors, Blog, Marketing & Publicity, Writing Life | 20 Comments
Blogger: Michelle Ule
What Writers Can Learn From Kodak
Part 2 of 2
Rachelle Gardner’s excellent blogs earlier this week raised a question in my mind: How does a writer know what readers want and thereby remain marketable?
1. Keep on top of what…
Read More...By Michelle Ule on Feb 17, 2012 in Blog, Book Proposals, Fiction, Productivity, Reading, Writing Craft, Writing Life | 16 Comments
Blogger: Michelle Ule
What Writers Can Learn from Kodak
Part 1 of 2
Rachelle Gardner started her blogging with Books & Such Literary Agency with a bang this week. Owing to technical difficulties, some of you may have missed her important and intriguing…
Read More...By Michelle Ule on Feb 16, 2012 in Blog, Business of writing, Life, Marketing & Publicity, Publishing News, Writing Life | 7 Comments
, Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office, Illinois
Yesterday I talked about writers conferences and their importance to your writing career. Once you’ve identified the one(s) you plan to attend, follow these action steps to prepare for a productive…
Read More...By Mary Keeley on Feb 10, 2012 in Agents, Blog, Book Proposals, Business of writing, Finding an Agent, Publishers, Writing Life | 9 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office, Illinois
The largest number of writers conferences occur in the spring. Now is a good time to map out your plan to attend at least one conference this year if at all possible.…
Read More...By Mary Keeley on Feb 9, 2012 in Authors, Blog, Writing Life | 14 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Marketing a multi-author project can be tricky because so many different personalities have to work together to get the effective exposure. I suggest voting for one person to be in…
Read More...By Rachel Kent on Feb 8, 2012 in Authors, Blog, Marketing & Publicity, Writing Life | 2 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
The contract stage has been different for each of the two multi-author projects I’ve worked on recently.
For A Log Cabin Christmas Collection each agent was responsible for negotiating his or her…
Read More...By Rachel Kent on Feb 7, 2012 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Writing Life | 4 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Books that include a collection of stories by different authors seem to be becoming increasingly popular. How are these projects planned? Who corrals all of the authors to create a…
Read More...By Rachel Kent on Feb 6, 2012 in Authors, Blog, Fiction, Productivity, Social Networking, Writing Life | 7 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Pretty much everyone just wants to be liked, right? Why, we’ve all taken to heart one sentence from Sally Fields’ earnest Academy-Award acceptance speech: “You like me, you really…
Read More...By Janet Grant on Jan 30, 2012 in Authors, Awards, Blog, Publishers, Writing Life | 21 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office, Illinois
As we concentrate on positive outlooks, this week, let’s tackle our persistence barometer. Some people just seem to have a sunny disposition no matter what life throws at them. For the rest…
Read More...By Mary Keeley on Jan 26, 2012 in Agents, Blog, Business of writing, Publishers, Writing Life | 4 Comments
