Blogger: Mary Keeley
Do you like the new, more interactive format of our Books & Such blogs? Adding the photos makes it feel almost like Skype or Google+ when we comment back and forth. And having the blogger’s reply appear …
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Blogger: Mary Keeley
Do you like the new, more interactive format of our Books & Such blogs? Adding the photos makes it feel almost like Skype or Google+ when we comment back and forth. And having the blogger’s reply appear …
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Blogger: Rachel Kent
Part 1 of 3–Sixty Acres and a Bride
I have three clients who each had a book release so far in 2012, and I thought our blog readers would gain insight into how getting published works by …
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Blogger: Michelle Ule
Part 3 of 3
Today I’m going to talk about what we like to see in a nonfiction query and what causes us to ask for a full proposal. I’ll start with statistics so you can see …
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Blogger: Michelle Ule
Part 2 of 3
Yesterday I explained how our agency’s query system works and why. Today I’m going to look at what makes us enthusiastic about a fiction query.
First, the numbers.
I chose a random month …
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Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
Series: Non-Scary Social Networking
The social networks just keep coming! Yesterday we talked about Pinterest, and today we’re focusing on Goodreads. Over on rachellegardner.com I gave an introduction to what the site is all about, and …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Don’t Believe Everything You Hear
Part 3 of 3
Several of my client phone conversations this week centered around sales. I’ve never seen such anxiety over sales numbers. Some of the things I’ve heard lately went something …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
How to Connect with Your Readers
Part 2 of 2
Continuing the conversation of what writers can learn from Jessica Beinecke about connecting with your audience, here are a few more reasons I believe Jessica has …
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Blogger: Michelle Ule
What Writers Can Learn from Kodak
Part 1 of 2
Rachelle Gardner started her blogging with Books & Such Literary Agency with a bang this week. Owing to technical difficulties, some of you may have missed her …
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Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
Part 3 of 3
The last two days we’ve been looking at things publishers, agents, and writers can learn from the decline of the Kodak company. Monday we discussed knowing our …
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Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
Part 2 of 3
Yesterday we began looking at things we can learn from the decline of Eastman Kodak Co, starting with the importance of knowing our business. Today let’s …