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Publishing Success: Find the Right Idea

March 15, 2020 //  by Janet Grant//  12 Comments

Today I want to take a look at the part of the publishing process that kickstarts your publishing success or dooms you not to succeed. This step might seem obvious, yet many a writer makes a misstep from the get-go: …

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Dive in to the Shark Tank

March 4, 2020 //  by Rachelle Gardner//  13 Comments

SHARK TANK – Barbara Corcoran, Daymond John, Mark Cuban, Kevin O’Leary, Robert Herjavec and Lori Greiner are the “Sharks” on Walt Disney Television via Getty Images’s “Shark Tank.” (Patrick Ecclesine/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images)

Blogger: Rachelle Gardner

If you’re …

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What Book Category Your Manuscript Fits in and Why You Should Care

February 26, 2020 //  by Janet Grant//  6 Comments

Having recently decided not to represent a number of writers for the same reason, I’m reminded how important it is to know what book category or genre a manuscript belongs in. Or as we talk about it in publishing: Where …

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Great Expectations for Writers

February 3, 2020 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  11 Comments

blogger: Cynthia Ruchti

A simple two-word phrase–great expectations–has maintained a steadfast and recognizable connection to one literary work first published 160 years ago. What else could come to mind when we hear those two words together but Charles’ Dickens’s highly …

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How Many Words?

January 26, 2020 //  by Wendy Lawton//  7 Comments

A couple of years ago I ordered the bundled ebook of A Game of Thrones. It weighed in at 3936 pages! I’m just thankful I don’t have to lift the book in order to read it. We all hear …

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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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Are You a Patron of the Arts?

November 25, 2019 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  19 Comments

blogger: Cynthia Ruchti

patron of arts artistOver the centuries, a “patron of the arts” referred to (usually) the very wealthy and/or influential who commissioned artists, supported young or budding artists until they could support themselves, advocated for art of all kinds, and served …

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Do You Have a Holiday Writing Plan?

November 20, 2019 //  by Rachelle Gardner//  27 Comments

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No getting around it, the holiday season is here. Next week is Thanksgiving, families are gathering, and stores are already playing Christmas music. The joys, the stresses… here they come.

What does this mean for writers? This …

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Pre-Publishing: Developing the Five P’s

November 13, 2019 //  by Janet Grant//  12 Comments

When a writer is in the pre-publishing phase of his or her writing career, that’s the perfect time to focus on developing five P’s:

  1. Perseverance
  2. Patience
  3. Personality
  4. Pupil for life
  5. Professional

Perseverance

Rachel’s blog post from earlier this week contained …

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The Importance of Knowing Your Reader

October 27, 2019 //  by Janet Grant//  7 Comments

Several years ago, I taught a workshop on the importance of knowing your reader. The attendees were multi-book published authors. So I posed this question to a few, random writers in the audience to answer aloud: Who is your reader?…

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