• Menu
  • Skip to left header navigation
  • Skip to right header navigation
  • Skip to main content

Books & Such Literary Management

A full-service literary agency that focuses on books for the Christian market.

  • Home
  • About Us
    • About Books & Such
    • Our Agents
    • Our Behind-the-Scenes Staff
    • Our Travel Schedule
  • Our Authors
    • Author News
    • Collaborators and Ghostwriters
  • Submissions
  • Resources
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Editors Select
  • Home
  • About Us
    • About Books & Such
    • Our Agents
    • Our Behind-the-Scenes Staff
    • Our Travel Schedule
  • Our Authors
    • Author News
    • Collaborators and Ghostwriters
  • Submissions
  • Resources
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Editors Select

Blog

Three Questions That Elevate Your Elevator Pitch Toward Success

May 28, 2023 //  by Barb Roose//  3 Comments

Let’s talk about elevator pitches and how to set yourself up effectively the next time you need to make one in front of a literary agent or editor.

In today’s blog, I want to make the case that preparing for …

Three Questions That Elevate Your Elevator Pitch Toward SuccessRead More

emotional markers for writers

Emotional Markers for Writers

May 21, 2023 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  5 Comments

What are emotional markers for writers?

There’s a tongue-in-cheek video circulating with the theme “Everybody should write a book.” The farcical theory is that it’s not that hard. You don’t really need skills. Anybody can do it. All authors are …

Emotional Markers for WritersRead More

A Retreat to Remember

May 14, 2023 //  by Wendy Lawton//  2 Comments

I’m still jet-lagged from my cross-country flight home from Savannah, Georgia, but the afterglow of our eighth Books & Such Retreat has not begun to ebb. What is it about spending time with those who understand what our life is …

A Retreat to RememberRead More

table of contents invites readers in

Nonfiction Book Structure: The Table of Contents

May 7, 2023 //  by Janet Grant//  3 Comments

table of contents invites readers inAs I mentioned in my most recent blog, a strong structure invites the reader into your book. Your table of contents is a big selling point–not only for readers but also for agents and editors. I like to think of …

Nonfiction Book Structure: The Table of ContentsRead More

Expectations

April 30, 2023 //  by Debbie Alsdorf//  2 Comments

We all have expectations. Some are reasonable and others not so much. To expect is to consider something due to us, necessary or a reasonable obligation.

I wasn’t familiar with publishing and started with some unrealistic expectations. I have had …

ExpectationsRead More

Are you Flexible or Focused?

April 24, 2023 //  by Rachel Kent//  2 Comments

At Books & Such, we love all types of writers. But today, I’d like to tell you about two specific types. Each one has its pros and cons.

The first is The Flexible Writer.

The Flexible Writer is the …

Are you Flexible or Focused?Read More

Dear Abby…Is it Silly to Dream of Traditional Publishing?

April 16, 2023 //  by Barb Roose//  5 Comments

Dear Abby,

As soon as I finished Selection by Keira Cass when I was in the 8th grade, I knew that I was destined to be a romance writer. A delicious euphoria spreads throughout my heart when I sit …

Dear Abby…Is it Silly to Dream of Traditional Publishing?Read More

building audience

If You Build Your Audience Too Soon

April 9, 2023 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  10 Comments

What can happen if you build your audience too soon?

audience too soonNobody knows. It’s never happened in the history of writing.

Worst case scenario is you build your audience too soon:

You reach out to people, serve them with your words, …

If You Build Your Audience Too SoonRead More

Avoid Character Labels

April 2, 2023 //  by Wendy Lawton//  7 Comments

I read a fiction manuscript last week that described a character as a cripple. I winced when I read the word and stopped to think about why I had such an immediate revulsion. After all, it was historical fiction and …

Avoid Character LabelsRead More

Finding Your Book’s Structure

March 26, 2023 //  by Janet Grant//  9 Comments

A strong structure for your book sustains a reader’s interest. So today we’ll consider how to find your book’s structure.

Recently I was looking over the table of contents for a project one of my clients was creating. It seemed …

Finding Your Book’s StructureRead More

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 275
  • Go to Next Page »

Site Footer

Connect with Us

  • Books & Such
  • Janet Grant
  • Cynthia Ruchti
  • Rachel Kent
  • Wendy Lawton
  • Barb Roose
  • Debbie Alsdorf
  • Janet Grant
  • Cynthia Ruchti
  • Rachel Kent
  • Barb Roose
  • Debbie Alsdorf
  • Cynthia Ruchti
  • Wendy Lawton
  • Barb Roose
  • Debbie Alsdorf
  • Debbie Alsdorf

Copyright © 2023 Books & Such Literary Management • All Rights Reserved • Privacy Policy • Site by Design by Insight