Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
We live in interesting times. So much has advanced and changed, and each day we’re seeing changes that have the potential to throw us all off, but we …
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Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
We live in interesting times. So much has advanced and changed, and each day we’re seeing changes that have the potential to throw us all off, but we …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
So, since we keep talking about things your agent prefers not to hear, here’s yet another one: “I just wrote a proposal for a whole new idea and I’m …
A Fourth Thing Your Agent Does Not Want to Hear. . .Read More
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Winging my way to an author-agent-publisher meeting
You have the right idea? Check.
You have the right title? Check.
Now, it’s time to write an attention-getting proposal.
Yesterday I referred to editors and agents as …
Before the Publisher: Creating an Attention-Getting ProposalRead More
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Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I’ve only been able to give four “lessons” on proposals this week, and I know many of you have had questions. I tried to answer all of them, …
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Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
What should go into a proposal? What’s the basic format for a proposal? Fiction and nonfiction proposals are slightly different, but I’d like to give all of you …
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Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Thanks so much for sharing your proposal styles and proposal stories yesterday! That was fun. 🙂
Today I would like to concentrate on the book comparisons or market …
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Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I hope you didn’t get too excited by the blog title. Unfortunately, we’re not talking about marriage proposals this week. (But wouldn’t that be fun?!) I’m not qualified …
// by Wendy Lawton// 19 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
Here’s one of the questions asked at the writers conference I attended last weekend: If an agent asks to see the author’s book proposal but then never gives any feedback, …
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Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
What to keep track of before publication:
Even before you’re a published author, you need to keep track of many important items during the submission process. Charts and …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Friday!
We made it!
I like to use my Fridays as reading days. I enjoy reading and look forward to it, so it’s a nice, end-of-the-week treat. I …