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Broken Things: Self-Publishing

March 11, 2011 //  by Wendy Lawton//  20 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: New Hope, Pennsylvania

I touched on self-publishing yesterday when I talked about self-pubbed e-books but many people are still paying hundreds (thousands?) of dollars to self-publish traditional books. Let me be clear up front. There are …

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Broken Things: E-books

March 10, 2011 //  by Wendy Lawton//  42 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Old New Castle, Delaware

E-books seem to have reached the tipping point. It’s all anyone’s been talking about lately. If you read our blog you know that I was a Kindle early-adopter. I’m crazy about my

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Broken Things: The Bookstore

March 9, 2011 //  by Wendy Lawton//  18 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: New York City

I don’t think it’s news to anyone that the brick and mortar bookstore is in trouble. We’ve seen the writing on the wall for several years as we identified the parallels between the

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Broken Things: Career Planning

March 8, 2011 //  by Wendy Lawton//  24 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Old New Castle, Delaware

No one doubts that the publishing world is experiencing a major sea change. Some have even compared it to the changes that took place during the industrial revolution. A blog post isn’t

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Broken Things: The Query System

March 7, 2011 //  by Wendy Lawton//  26 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Old New Castle, Delaware

Broken things drive me crazy. Just call me the Fix-it Fairy. If something is broken–be it an object, a person, or a system–I have trouble accepting the state of brokenness. I want

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Be Prepared! (for a Writers Conference)

February 16, 2011 //  by Rachel Kent//  11 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

Location: Books & Such main office or sitting in court as a juror.

the decision to go to a writers’ conference is an investment in your writing career. Be sure you know what you want to get …

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Conference Appointments

February 15, 2011 //  by Rachel Kent//  24 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

Location: Books & Such main office or at the courthouse for jury duty

This year at the Writing for the Soul writers’ conference, I was surprised to find on the first day of appointments that I only …

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A Fifth Thing Your Agent Does Not Want to Hear. . .

February 11, 2011 //  by Wendy Lawton//  12 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA

So what’s the fifth thing your agent does not want to hear? “I’m taking a writing break. It’s time for a sabbatical.”

Can you hear the agent groans from …

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A Fourth Thing Your Agent Does Not Want to Hear. . .

February 10, 2011 //  by Wendy Lawton//  15 Comments

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 …

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A Third Thing Your Agent Does Not Want to Hear. . .

February 9, 2011 //  by Wendy Lawton//  22 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA

So what’s another thing your agent does not want to hear?

“I know I’ve been writing [my genre] for some time now, but I’m dying to try my hand …

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