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

What Now?

April 17, 2022 //  by Wendy Lawton//  9 Comments

Remember those days when we worked so hard to get published? Did you ever think that publication would only be the beginning of a new set of worries? As aspiring writers we were fixated on the prize– representation and an …

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What Happens after a Book Launches?

April 10, 2022 //  by Janet Grant//  10 Comments

This week I received an email from one of my clients, Chase Replogle, whose first book, The 5 Masculine Instincts: A Guide to Becoming a Better Man, released on March 1.  I’ve asked his permission to share our email thread …

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The Power of Story

April 3, 2022 //  by Debbie Alsdorf//  18 Comments

I am a speaker who became a writer. I learned early on that the way to make a message sing and flow was through the careful placement and execution of good stories.

Weekly I stepped on the stage of a …

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Is a book title important in your query letter?

March 28, 2022 //  by Rachel Kent//  7 Comments

During some conference appointments, I’ve heard authors say they didn’t work very hard on their title because they’ve heard that the publishing house will change it anyway. While the title is frequently changed by the publisher, there’s good reason to …

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Eight Questions to Get to Know Your Audience Better

March 21, 2022 //  by Barb Roose//  11 Comments

Who is your book for?  

While this isn’t intended to be a trick question, the quizzical looks that I often receive from writers during pitch sessions suggest otherwise.

After a few moments of chin-tapping or staring into space, here are …

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Slice and Dice

March 13, 2022 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  14 Comments

When your work in progress is too long, as in WAY too long, how does a writer slice and dice words that are just shy of precious?

A client who gave me permission to share this but will remain anonymous …

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Don’t Let Nostalgia Kill Your Platform

March 6, 2022 //  by Mary DeMuth//  7 Comments

The glory days were fun, weren’t they? The heydays too. But they’ve both attempted to sideline me in my quest to build a reader platform.

Why?

Because if we stay back in the days when authors had the luxury of …

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The Measure of Success

February 28, 2022 //  by Wendy Lawton//  10 Comments

If there’s one question I’m asked more than any other, it’s this: “How do I measure success when it comes to book sales?”

I’ve heard the strangest theories of what constitutes success. For instance, this from an old Publishers Weekly, …

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Looking Back to Help Others Move Forward

February 20, 2022 //  by Debbie Alsdorf//  16 Comments

I still remember the day a California Bay Area newspaper featured an article titled “Accidental Author Shares God’s Word.” I smile remembering that it was in the front section of the paper as if this was news. It was true, …

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Finding Inspiration

February 13, 2022 //  by Janet Grant//  13 Comments

What causes an author to write about a subject from a different perspective? Where does that idea come from? Knowing what inspired an author in turn can help you in finding inspiration–and cause you to listen to your own internal …

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