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The Agents of Books & Such Literary Management Muse About Books, Publishing, and Life

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Unbelievable

September 24, 2023 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  17 Comments

What makes a reader set a book aside with the comment, “Unbelievable!”? And why should a writer care?

Because an agent or editor might set it side too. An author’s goal is to maintain readers’ attention and interest from the …

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A Dozen Best Things About Being a Writer in 2023

September 17, 2023 //  by Wendy Lawton//  6 Comments

Too often we talk about how tough the writing world is these days. Today let me turn the tables and talk about some of the best things about being a writer today in 2023.

A Dozen Best Things About Being

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Writers’ love-hate relationship with punctuation

September 10, 2023 //  by Janet Grant//  7 Comments

Periodically someone will post on Facebook their opinion of a certain punctuation mark. Comments in response unfurl like a long serpent below the post. Neutrality tends not to exist in those comments. In this way I’ve learned that writers, in …

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What Are My Next Steps?

September 3, 2023 //  by Debbie Alsdorf//  3 Comments

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“What are  my next steps?” This is the question I am asked repeatedly  when taking agent meetings at writer’s conferences. Often writers come to me with ideas but no understanding of what publishing requires. Launching into the writer’s world …

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Watch Out for Misplaced Guilt

August 28, 2023 //  by Rachel Kent//  4 Comments

I don’t know about you, but I spend a lot of time feeling guilty. I’m either not working hard enough, or I’m not a good wife, or housekeeper, or mother, or dog owner, or church member, or…the list of things …

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Four Measures to Self-Audit Your Author Brand for Consistency

August 20, 2023 //  by Barb Roose//  2 Comments

If you are a writer actively pitching your novel or non-fiction, but you still dabble in children’s books, and you’re feeling the hankering to ramp up your YouTube channel, is it helpful or harmful to broadcast all your creative outlets …

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Who Knew for Writers

August 13, 2023 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  4 Comments

who knew for writersWho knew not taking time to adjust your privacy settings on social media could create a tangled mess of chaotic, unwanted, unpleasant hairball-like clogs?

Who knew that self-publishing a book is rarely a natural first step to traditional publishing?

“Was …

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Scribbler’s Nibbles

August 6, 2023 //  by Wendy Lawton//  2 Comments

Lately, I’ve been spending much of my free time in the kitchen. I made up my mind to lean into probiotics by making things like brined pickles and sourdough bread.  I also wanted to finally master cooking fish. It’s coming …

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PR=Publishing Relations

July 30, 2023 //  by Janet Grant//  4 Comments

Writers soon learn that to be a successful author one needs to be one’s own PR staff, communicating regularly and engagingly with potential readers. But some authors never figure out that they have an equally important audience to communicate with–also …

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A Unique Angle

July 23, 2023 //  by Rachel Kent//  2 Comments

You are ready to put together your proposal for the book God has laid on your heart. You know you need to write it. But how should you approach the topic? What makes your take on the topic a unique …

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