Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
Many times on my blog, I’ve answered the question of why you, a writer (singular), might need an agent (also singular). But today I want to answer a slightly different question. How do authors, collectively, benefit …
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Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
Many times on my blog, I’ve answered the question of why you, a writer (singular), might need an agent (also singular). But today I want to answer a slightly different question. How do authors, collectively, benefit …
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Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
One of the themes that crops up frequently in my conversations with writers is the romantic fantasy of the author as a loner, holed up in his/her writing cave, emerging to deliver a masterpiece to the publisher, …
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Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
Writers often ask me what makes a project stand out to an agent—what makes us immediately want to say “yes” to representation? Today I want to identify three elements that are immediately apparent when we read and …
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Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
Writers are constantly receiving contradictory messages on everything from art to craft to the business of writing. The contradiction I want to talk about today applies both to writing and to life. It is the constant tension …
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Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
Speaks for itself, doesn’t it? I think it points to an interesting topic:
What’s frustrating you about publishing at this very moment?
Have fun. And be nice!
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Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
If you’ve been writing novels for long, you may have come across the challenge of keeping the details straight so that you can be consistent throughout the book. If the hero has blue eyes in chapter 1, …
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Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
“The best time for planning a book is when you’re doing the dishes.” -Agatha Christie
Lately I’ve been having conversations with a friend about the importance of the menial, everyday tasks in our lives, and how they …
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Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
Today I want to explain some publishing terms that sometimes get confused: sell-in, sell-through, earn-out and returns.
SELL IN: This is the number of copies ordered by retailers (or any other entity) prior to publication of …
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I have several clients who are in the middle of writing books under deadline for the first time. If you’ve been laboring for years on your own, hoping for that publishing contract, be aware that with the contract comes new …
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Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
Here at Books & Such, we represent many different kinds of books, but we specialize in books for the Christian market. Almost all agents specialize—some represent mostly romance. Some specialize in mystery, thriller and suspense. Some agents …