Blogger: Wendy Lawton
You know what I love about some of my newer clients and many of you who are still unagented and unpublished? You don’t take things for granted. You worry about format for submission. You take care to …
Book Proposals
Soapbox: The Importance of Your Book Proposal
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Last week I wrote about what constituted a “perfect” pitch— you can find that post here— and promised that this week we’d dig deeper into proposals. I’m not going to talk about the nuts and bolts …
Perfect Pitch
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I just returned from ICRS (International Christian Retail Show) in Orlando where I had the opportunity to pitch several of my clients’ projects in person. This is one of my favorite parts of agenting. Instant feedback. As …
Why a Bad Agent is Worse Than No Agent
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
You think you’ve got it bad because you don’t have an agent? I’ll tell you someone who is worse off: A person with a bad agent.
You’ve been told an agent is the most effective way …
5 Reasons Really Great Queries Get Rejected
Blogger: Michelle Ule, filling in for Wendy Lawton while she and Janet Kobobel Grant attend meetings and Book Expo of America, in New York City.
More on Queries 101! Yesterday I gave you five pointers for writing good queries. Today …
Preparing Proposals: The Comparison Section
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Janet Grant is on vacation today, and I’m filling in with a perennial topic–how do you prepare the book comparisons section when writing a proposal?
Book proposals generally include an author bio, a list of publishing credits …
Confusing Feedback
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
The long-awaited letter arrives in that dual creased self-addressed, stamped envelope you remember tucking into the proposal and sample chapters you sent an agent many months ago. When your query resulted in an invitation to send that …
How to Keep Up with What Readers Want Without Going Daffy
Blogger: Michelle Ule
What Writers Can Learn From Kodak
Part 2 of 2
Rachelle Gardner’s excellent blogs earlier this week raised a question in my mind: How does a writer know what readers want and thereby remain marketable?
1. Keep …
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4 Ways Authors Can Use QR Codes
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
If you don’t know what a QR code is, scroll down to the end of this post to take a peek. QR (which stands for “quick response”) …
Proposals– Taste and See
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
Are you tired of talking proposals yet? Hopefully I’ve made some converts over the course of the week. It’s such a valuable part of the process.
So finally we