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

Working from Home

October 24, 2021 //  by Wendy Lawton//  6 Comments

Oh, the joys of working from home. It’s Sunday afternoon and I just sent an email to a client. Fail! I’ve been focusing on disciplining my work hours and yet, too often, the office calls to me on evenings and …

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An Ode to Poetry

October 20, 2021 //  by Janet Grant//  19 Comments

As an English lit major, poems are familiar friends to me. But some people find them strange and off-putting. Today I want to encourage you, regardless where you fall on the spectrum of appreciating poetry, to sit with a poem …

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Make Your First Pages Shine

October 18, 2021 //  by Rachel Kent//  4 Comments

I know a couple of you saw this post when I accidentally published it on the wrong day last week. Sorry about that! Here it is on the correct day…

The first page of your manuscript is more important than …

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Pitching Your Project During a Face-to-Face Appointment

October 14, 2021 //  by Barb Roose//  4 Comments

How do you feel about pitching your book to a literary agent face-to-face?

  1. Sounds like a dream come true! Sign me up!
  2. I’ll sign up for it (but I may back out).
  3. Do I have to?
  4. I’m afraid that I
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Conquer Dialogue Punctuation

October 11, 2021 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  13 Comments

I really wanted to title this “Conquer Dialogue Punctuation, PLEASE!” but thought it might be a bit much. It’s not easy. Let’s all admit that. No one is born knowing how. And writers have all kinds of excuses for struggling …

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Art is risk

October 6, 2021 //  by Mary DeMuth//  28 Comments

Seth Godin writes, “Free doesn’t make something a gift. Free might be a marketing strategy, free might make a generous present, but free doesn’t automatically make something a gift. Gil Scott Heron’s album isn’t free, but it’s a gift. …

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What is a “Christian” Book?

October 3, 2021 //  by Wendy Lawton//  13 Comments

“What we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books by  Christians on other subjects– with their Christianity latent.”  -C. S. Lewis

That’s a quote I’ve always loved. It’s more than a quote, it’s a challenge.…

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Concluding Your Book Well

September 29, 2021 //  by Janet Grant//  9 Comments

Concluding your book well is a challenge. It’s one thing to start off with gusto, another thing to make it through a potentially drooping middle, and still another to finish with flair.

Missing the Mark

One example of a book …

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A-B-C Strategy for Choosing Platform Priorities

September 22, 2021 //  by Barb Roose//  11 Comments

Growing your platform is like climbing a mountain. Often we focus our eyes on the size of the mountain and it’s easy to doubt our ability to successfully make the climb. The result of our doubt often leads to fear …

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What to Leave Out

September 20, 2021 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  17 Comments

Are you writing a book proposal? Have you included everything an agent or editor might need? Great. Have you gone through to make sure you have left out the parts an editor or agent won’t want or need to see?…

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