Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Labor Day seems like the perfect day to ponder what your first job taught you. For me, my first job was–wait for it–bun-dabber at an A&W Root Beer Stand. I don’t recall if that was my …
// by Janet Grant// 66 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Labor Day seems like the perfect day to ponder what your first job taught you. For me, my first job was–wait for it–bun-dabber at an A&W Root Beer Stand. I don’t recall if that was my …
// by Mary Keeley// 60 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Our greatest desire for this blog is to provide fresh information and perspective on the life and business of writing. It’s no small task to do this consistently. Occasionally, okay speaking for myself, more often than you …
// by Janet Grant// 29 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Wendy apologizes that you aren’t reading a blog post from her today. She’s traveling and posting blogs, remembering what day it is, that sort of thing, flitted right out of her brain. She’ll be back next …
Why Sales Numbers and Platform Aren’t as Important as Publishers ThinkRead More
// by Janet Grant// 89 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Editors tend to come by good grammar naturally. And certain grammar mistakes constitute the proverbial nails scraping on a blackboard for them. When you’re trying to put the best face possible on your submission, don’t sabotage …
// by Wendy Lawton// 38 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Last week I addressed several ways to potentially jumpstart your stalled writing career. Sometimes, however, a jumpstart simply will not turn the engine over and get things moving. What’s a writer to do?
Let me give you …
// by Wendy Lawton// 49 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Five years ago I blogged about the much-dreaded stalled writing career. The market has become even tougher since then so I want to revisit this. Today I’m going to give you some tips for getting back on …
// by Wendy Lawton// 59 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I received the email below a couple of weeks ago. As I began to answer this I decided I should tackle the answer here and then let you chew on this with me and help me …
// by Mary Keeley// 34 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Several authors have commented recently that they wish they could just write and leave the marketing and promotion of their book to the publisher. It’s with gentle understanding that I repeat the reality: those days are gone. …
// by Rachel Kent// 53 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
It’s important to keep up a writing resume. If you don’t keep track of what is going on in your writing career right when it happens, back-tracking will be very difficult. Having an up-to-date resume will help …
// by Janet Grant// 105 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Fans of PBS’s Masterpiece Classic, “Mr. Selfridge,” probably tuned into the program, “The Secrets of Selfridges,” on the real Harry Selfridge and his iconic store. Selfridges still does a thriving business in the same building that …