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

Eight Ways to Start Writing Your Passion

August 21, 2022 //  by Debbie Alsdorf//  5 Comments

Many writers  have a mental file folder of ideas they would love to write about. And, though there are lots of ideas, those thoughts and words get trapped somewhere and never written. Most have trouble knowing where to start and …

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How do you stay motivated to write?

August 15, 2022 //  by Rachel Kent//  8 Comments

What motivates you to write? Knowing what motivates you will help you focus and stay on task.  Plus, if you know where to go to get motivation when you’re feeling discouraged, you’ll get out of any writing slump faster. You …

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Four Ways That Speaking Events Build Your Writing Career

August 7, 2022 //  by Barb Roose//  11 Comments

There are multiple short-term and long-term benefits of speaking events, especially when it comes to your writing career and even building your platform. For some, just talking about speaking events evokes some stress. That’s okay! You aren’t alone. Perhaps you …

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The Baseball Approach to Writing

July 31, 2022 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  18 Comments

‘Tis the season for baseball. And for taking a look at the baseball approach to writing.

Whether you and your family follow major league baseball, Little League, your local minor league team…or even if you are not a fan of …

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Brain Fitness

July 24, 2022 //  by Wendy Lawton//  23 Comments

We writers have a challenging job. We try to eat healthy, drink water, move our muscles and improve our health to keep up with the pace of marketing and deadlines without flatlining along the way. All are important for fitness …

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In the Waiting

July 10, 2022 //  by Debbie Alsdorf//  9 Comments

Dreams chase us as writers.

We have vision to write words that will help others and the big dream that those words will actually be published one day. But when days turn to weeks, months and years, the insecurity and …

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Happy 4th of July!

July 4, 2022 //  by Rachel Kent//  3 Comments

The team at Books & Such hopes you have a wonderful, safe Independence Day!

Do you have any special plans?

We went to a fireworks show last night. The first time the fireworks shows have been going since Covid shut …

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A Refresher on Writer Conference Do’s and Don’ts

June 26, 2022 //  by Barb Roose//  11 Comments

I’m sitting at my gate waiting for my overnight flight to take off from the Seattle Airport back home to Ohio. This is a perfect time to get this post written!

For the past few days, I’ve proudly served on …

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Does Word Count Matter?

June 19, 2022 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  13 Comments

Some writers find it surprising–or even constricting–to discover that publishing houses, agents, editors, and even readers care about a book’s word count. Why does word count matter? If my novel is 140,000 words rather than a traditional 90,000, is it …

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16 Things I wish I knew when I started building my platform

June 12, 2022 //  by Mary DeMuth//  23 Comments

I recently shared this information with a group of authors. The reason I talked about these things is because I have made so many mistakes as I built my own platform. I long for others to have a smoother path, …

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