Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
You know how some blog post titles overreach, over-promise, and smack of snake oil salesmanship? That would not be this post’s title. The real con is the lie that we are more efficient when we multitask …
// by Janet Grant// 62 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
You know how some blog post titles overreach, over-promise, and smack of snake oil salesmanship? That would not be this post’s title. The real con is the lie that we are more efficient when we multitask …
// by Janet Grant// 58 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
A single word as a book’s title is all the rage. But do they work?
Here are a few books populating current best-seller lists:
In fiction–Blue, Breakdown, Brooklyn, Burn–hmm, maybe “b” titles are a …
// by Janet Grant// 51 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Seldom can we boil down our needs to one thing, but in the case of a writer, I’ve been thinking that without this one thing, a writer is nothing.
Every writer needs belief.
I was …
// by Mary Keeley// 77 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
For any author who, at one time or another, has felt as if you’ve used up every creative brain cell and have little left to give toward your writing dream, I have words of wisdom from famous …
// by Janet Grant// 37 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Since 2016 marks the 20th anniversary of our agency, I thought you would enjoy a behind-the-scenes peek at some little-known details. Among my ruminations about the agency’s past are my first clients. Looking back on their …
// by Mary Keeley// 28 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
You just crossed the last “t” and dotted the last “i” and now your current book draft is finished. Many a brand new writer wants to think they’re almost at the finish line, but if you’re a …
// by Janet Grant// 16 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
I posted this article a few years ago but find its content just as true now as it was then. Enjoy a conversation among yourselves via the Comments section, as our office is closed until January …
// by Rachel Kent// 31 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
I wrote a similar post to this one last December. In that post, I looked at how many debut projects our agency sold in 2014. I’d like to share our stats for 2015 (to date), today.
One …
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Blogger: Rachel Kent
I suspect many of you are participating in NANOWRIMO this year. I know quite a few of my clients are. I’m loving the Facebook updates–especially the ones with pictures of frazzled writers. 🙂 So cute!
I hope …
// by Janet Grant// 14 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Labor Day seems like the perfect day to take a nap. The idea behind the holiday, which was created in 1885 to celebrate workers’ contributions to the economic and social well-being of America, is for people …