As a literary agent, I love seeing stacks of queries in my inbox. Like the other agents at Books & Such, I enjoy discovering unique book ideas, moving memoirs and fresh new voices. However, all literary agents must balance limited …
Carving Up Your Popular Content to Reach and Satisfy Your Audience
Right now, imagine your popular podcast episodes, blog posts or keynote messages as a delicious, juicy turkey sitting in the middle of the table at Thanksgiving dinner. Like that turkey, developing your podcast, blog or keynote required a lot of …
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Platform: Staying Positive and Productive as You Build Your Audience!
“I’d love to hear from you once your platform reaches the level that traditional publishers are looking for.”
That’s so frustrating, isn’t it? You’ve crafted a great book proposal and your critique group assures you that your writing is strong. …
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Surviving the Threat of Social Media Nuclear Meltdown
“Duck and Cover.”
This was the name of a 1950’s animated movie featuring “Bert the Turtle” and he taught American school-age children how to respond to a nuclear bomb attack. Bert the Turtle taught the kids to drop to …
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Does Your Writing Career Need a Diet?
Does your writing career need to go on a diet so that it can get stronger again?
It’s no secret that losing weight is one of the most common new year’s resolutions. The resolution is triggered by an ah-ha moment …
Treat Yo’ Self – A Christmas List of 2021 Christian Writers’ Conferences
On the iconic episode of “Parks and Recreation”, characters Tom and Donna announce their inaugural event known as “Treat Yo’ Self Day.” In what’s become an annual event on the show, they allow themselves to indulge in massages, mimosas and …
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VIDEO INTERVIEW: Embracing Color and Culture in Christian Publishing
I’m thrilled to share a conversation with fellow Books & Such author, Robin W. Pearson, 2020 Christy Award in the First Novel category for her novel, Long Time Comin’ (Tyndale 2019).
Since Robin is one of the few traditionally-published Christian …
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Three Words to Overuse This Week
It’s T-Minus 24-hours until God-Only-Knows-What will happen next. I couldn’t write this week’s blog without acknowledging the impending election that some feel defines our lifetime.
Election or no election, life will go on. Even if the very worst happens by …
Write-to-Video: 10 Ideas & Solutions to Create Captivating Video Content For Your Audience
A few weeks ago, I decided to record a video of myself making a potato, corn and poblano pepper chowder. I channeled my inner-Millennial and sourced the recipe ingredients from my local farmers market. I roasted those poblanos and let …
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Getting Back on Your Wild Writing Horse
Hi, I’m Barb. I’m new here.
If you read my interview with Janet last month, you learned that I’m the newest literary agent with Books & Such Literary Management. However, I’ve been with the agency as Rachelle Gardner’s client since …