Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Recently my book club took a Dashiell Hammett tour of San Francisco. We ate at John’s Grill (which appears in The Maltese Falcon, the book our club read in preparation for the tour). The guide …
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Handling Publishing Stresses
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
A new year is a good time to think about what you wish you could change. One item that immediately came to me was how stressful publishing can be.
Stressful occupations
I remember decades ago reading …
DOA Titles
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Can the wrong title destine a book to an early death? Most certainly.
But you can avoid DOA titles by keeping these 3 principles in mind:
1. Avoid negative titles
Most readers prefer positive titles. The …
5 Simple Tips to Keep You Writing
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
The holidays bring extra time off for many of us, and our office each year feels the effects of that: Come January, an avalanche of submissions hits our in-boxes with force.
Whether it’s the dreary weather, …
Correcting a Mid-Course Writer Slump
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Many of us think the toughest part of developing a writing career is finding a publisher. Nope. In actuality, most careers have a slump or two built into them. These often occur just when you think …
Great Writing Career Expectations
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
If you read the book, What to Expect When You’re Expecting, you probably were motivated to do so to glean as much detail as possible from those who had gone where you had not yet …
Can a Writing Career Be Planned?
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
What does an agent mean when she says career planning is a big part of what she does with her clients? Isn’t that a bit like saying you paddled your boat through the Colorado River white …
A Writing Career Retrospective: Joanna Weaver
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
As we tumble into the fall of 2016 and continue the 20th-anniversary celebration of our agency, please join me in taking an instructive look at the writing career of one of my first clients, Joanna Weaver.…
3 Book Cover Worries to Ignore
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Several elements go into deciding whether a book cover works, but today let’s look at three elements you don’t have to sweat. What if…
You detest the book cover’s color
Do you dislike the dominant color …
Anatomy of a Successful Book
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Every writer can benefit from figuring out what makes for a successful book. If you understand what elements can add up to strong sales and reader interest, it can help you to forge a plan for …