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I’m observing authors becoming less and less concerned about making any deadline they committed to in their contracts. Here is a case in point.
One of my clients casually mentioned to another client of mine that she had never made …
The goal for many of our blog readers is to find a literary agent and get their books published. Today, in hopes of helping you to be ready for an agent, I’m going to cover some “red flags” that would …
What might be making it hard for you to find an agent?Read More
A few weeks ago, my family celebrated my sister and brother-in-law’s 50th birthdays at Cedar Point, also known as America’s Roller Coast in Sandusky, Ohio. Famous for jaw-dropping, stomach-lurching roller coasters, Cedar Point draws visitors from around the world. I …
Three Things to Do When Your Publishing Path Hits a Dead EndRead More
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Do an aspiring author’s great expectations for a literary agent align with reality? Not always.
With a combined (estimated) 200,000 work hours devoted to serving the Christian publishing industry, we Books & Such Agents …
At a recent staff meeting agents got on the topic of the gift of mentoring.When we each shared the part of the job we loved most it all boiled down to relationship– our opportunity to mentor our clients and be …
Recently I held a “Pitch Me Day” on Threads, a day I created to give writers a chance to pitch their project in a low pressure way. If I “like” the pitch, they get to skip the query and send …
Recently I was interviewed on one of my client’s podcasts, PastorWriter, with Chase Replogle. We talked about the challenge of writing a winning proposal. Chase and I, along with Barb Roose, are currently working on Chase’s proposal so during the …
Whether you’ve just started putting pen to paper or you’ve been writing for years, one truth remains constant: there’s always room to grow. Becoming a better writer isn’t about waiting for inspiration to strike—it’s about showing up consistently, pushing your …
Writing can be lonely. You sit in front of your computer, day after day, typing away–agonizing over the words that will come together to form the story that you’ve dreamed up. It takes many solitary hours to craft and edit …
What do popcorn kernels, song lyrics, and gum have in common? They get stuck, especially in places where we don’t want them to stick.
If you’re an unpublished, aspiring writer, “stuck” might be the word you use to describe the …
