Just this week I was copied on an email from one of my clients, Jill Eileen Smith, to her publicity manager at her publishing house. They were talking about a stellar review she received on her newest book, The Ark …
Contests
A Writing Contest and Some Hints on How to Win
I’m interrupting our normal blog schedule to insert an important announcement: Our agency is sponsoring a writing contest, and we want YOU to enter!
The Writing Contest Why
We’re celebrating our 25th anniversary this year, which signifies 25 years of …
When Publishing Trophies Become Meaningless
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Publishing trophies come in three forms: signed contracts, making a best-seller list, and winning a writing award. But, with all the changes in the publishing industry, these trophies are beginning to look like kids’ sports trophies–if …
Splickety Flash Fiction Contest Finalists
Blogger: Rachel Kent
I’m happy to be the one to announce the top ten Splickety Prime Flash Fiction Contest finalists! Here’s a link to the original posting about the contest, in case you are interested. The winner will be …
Flash Fiction Contest
Guest Blogger: Meagan Briggs
Show us your flash fiction skills.
Splickety Prime is hosting a nano fiction contest, and we want your entries. In 100 words or less, write a story that encompasses our holiday theme (see below) and meets …
The Flash Fiction Challenge
Guest blogger: Meagan Briggs
From Janet: Come on in, we’re about to have some fiction fun! Books & Such is teaming up with Splickety Prime, a quarterly magazine that specializes in flash fiction. Joining us as a guest blogger is …
When Marketing Goes Too Far
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
I recently saw two marketing ideas that generated a lot of online noise. They did so because they crossed an invisible line–the line that causes potential customers to be repelled.
Both marketing ploys were contests.
The …
The Best Best of the Worst
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Last week I invited you to come up with the worst first sentence with which to open a book in our Best of the Worst Contest. Goodness! You are a creative community indeed. We had 206 entries …
The Best of the Worst
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
One of the things you may not know about me is that I won the infamous Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest in 1999 for the worst first line in children’s literature.
My line read:
The greedy schoolbus crept through …
5 Ways to Increase Visibility Through Goodreads
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Every author and/or publisher who has attempted to publicize a book knows that the greatest challenge is that title’s being “discovered.” Since we readers seldom stroll through a bookstore’s aisles any more, we aren’t snared by …