Blogger: Rachel Kent
I am diving in now to my preparations for ICRS at the end of June. ICRS is a wonderful place for agents to meet face-to-face with editors to talk about our clients’ projects. There’s great benefit to …
Writer's Conferences
The Benefits of Smaller Writers’ Conferences
Blogger: Rachel Kent
There are many benefits to attending large writers’ conferences like ACFW, but smaller conferences have some great perks, too!
First is cost. The big conferences have to bring in a large faculty from all over to a …
Is “Branding” a Four-Letter Word?
Blogger: Janet Grant
Our office is closed for the holidays so we can spend the holidays with our families. This post is from our archives, and is one of our “Best of.” We’ll return with new posts when the office …
After the Conference
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
We’ve had a number of posts about how to get ready for a writing conference but having just landed home after attending the wonderful ACFW (American Christian fiction Writers) Conference in St. Louis, I thought now would …
Making Conference Connections
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Many of you are gearing up to attend the ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers) Conference next week,and I’m sure some of you are nervous about the conference.
Will you be able to meet with that editor or …
Interview with Rachel Kent
Blogger: Rachel Kent
I am looking forward to the Northwest Christian Writers Renewal Conference in April, and I was asked to participate in an interview as a personal introduction for the conferees. Kirk Kraft, the interviewer, told me that I …
Why Do Agents Attend Writers Conferences?
Blogger: Rachel Kent
I just bought my plane tickets for my trip up to Seattle for the Northwest Christian Writers’ Renewal Conference in April! I’m excited to get to be a part of their conference this year. I went to …
Pitching a project: What makes your book unique?
Blogger: Rachel Kent
ICRS was a success! As Rachelle shared, each of us presented our clients’ projects to editors while we were there. It was so insightful for me to listen to Janet, Mary, Wendy and Rachelle give their presentations …
Backdoor to Literary Representation
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
So. . . you need a literary agent. You know you’ve got a knock-em-dead manuscript but now you have to find an agent willing to represent you. You’ve done everything right. You’ve gone to the agency website …
What to do when an editor shows interest and other editors have the proposal
Blogger: Rachel Kent
This blog is in answer to a question we received from Kristen in Washington.
She asks: “Let’s suppose that three editors request a proposal at a writers conference. What in the world does a writer do if …
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