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A Behind the Scenes Look at A New Literary Agent’s First Sale

April 13, 2025 //  by Jen Babakhan//  7 Comments

As a new agent, there are new experiences around every corner. Some have been expected, and others have been lovely surprises. I recently had the new experience of making my first sale (woohoo!), and I learned even more about my …

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Word Quandrums for writers

Words as Quandrums

March 9, 2025 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  15 Comments

Quandrum. If a quandry (perplexity in a difficult situation) and a conundrum (vexing question) had a baby, it would be…a quandrum.

Writers love words, but they’re less in love with words that are quandrums. “What does that mean?” “How is …

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An Agent on the Fence: What’s the Tipping Point?

February 23, 2025 //  by Jen Babakhan//  7 Comments

I’m the new kid on the block when it comes to agenting. I’ve been surprised by a few things about this career, one of them being just how often agents feel undecided about a project when reading queries and proposals. …

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What Does an Agent Do Besides Sell Your Project?

January 5, 2025 //  by Jen Babakhan//  7 Comments

It’s a fresh year, and perhaps you’re asking yourself questions many writers ask: Do I really need an agent? What do they even do for authors, after the book contract is signed? Here at Books & Such, we partner with …

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A Dozen Best Things About Being a Writer in 2023

September 17, 2023 //  by Wendy Lawton//  6 Comments

Too often we talk about how tough the writing world is these days. Today let me turn the tables and talk about some of the best things about being a writer today in 2023.

A Dozen Best Things About Being

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Writer hack speed writing

Writer Hacks

August 9, 2021 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  31 Comments

If you want to write faster, or with more emotion on the page, or more compellingly, or without losing track of who’s who, or losing your mind, you may need a writer hack.

A quick online search will reveal hacks …

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While you wait

While You Wait

June 7, 2021 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  23 Comments

Blogger: Cynthia Ruchti

What’s waiting got to do with writing? Sure, the two words share many of the same letters, but writing is an action verb and waiting isn’t. Right?

While you waitWriting and waiting have a lot in common. Few beginning …

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How to be Productive When You Don’t Feel Up To It

April 5, 2020 //  by Wendy Lawton//  44 Comments

I’m writing this blog post on Saturday, the day I planned to reorganize all my bathroom cabinets. I woke up this morning and decided I don’t feel up to it. Rather than beat myself up for a bad case of …

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The Career Plan

January 8, 2020 //  by Wendy Lawton//  18 Comments

By Wendy Lawton

A new year. A new decade. Doesn’t it feel like time to touch base, time to plan, time to talk about what the year may hold for each of us? Your agent will tell you, however, that …

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The Writer Who Speaks

September 21, 2017 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  26 Comments

Blogger: Cynthia Ruchti

Writers speak. Speaking in public remains a perennial item on the list of things-I-think-will-kill-me-or-worse for many people, writers included. A writer who is able to communicate clearly on paper does not instantly translate into a natural speaker.…

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