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

Your Annual Must-Read

September 12, 2021 //  by Wendy Lawton//  16 Comments

During our weekly Books & Such staff meeting last Friday, I mentioned that there are two books that should be considered a must-read for all of our clients. I confessed that for thirteen or fourteen years I reread these books …

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Bookshop.org: An Online Alternative to Amazon

September 8, 2021 //  by Janet Grant//  7 Comments

Bookshop.org’s founder and CEO, Andy Hunter, could be viewed as prescient. The bookstore site launched in January 2020, just before COVID forced physical stores to lock their doors. Before Amazon downgraded the priority of shipping books and upped the priority …

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Writing Ruts: Beware!

September 7, 2021 //  by Rachel Kent//  12 Comments

Some of you may remember that I wrote on this topic long ago, but I have recently come across quite a few ruts in manuscripts I’ve been reading and I thought it might be appropriate timing to refresh this topic.…

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Daring Greatly: The Courage to Show Up and Keep Writing

September 2, 2021 //  by Barb Roose//  17 Comments

Why is that one criticism or even a well-meaning critique has the power to neutralize a hundred compliments or accolades?

As writers, our words are the scripted hearts that we wear on our sleeves. We put ourselves out there with …

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When Life Gets in the Way

August 29, 2021 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  20 Comments

I posted the basic concept of this article a few years ago. In revisiting it, I found it at least as true now as it was then, if not more so. You may have observed something similar.

Life gets in …

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The Churn

August 26, 2021 //  by Mary DeMuth//  17 Comments

Confession: I have never churned butter. But lately I’ve felt the constancy of churning words and platforms and social media posts. Truth be told, there are times the toil makes me tired.

It reminds me of an important book I …

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What Makes an Agent Say Yes?

August 18, 2021 //  by Janet Grant//  10 Comments

I wrote this blog post in 2009. Because so much of it remains true today, I thought I’d retread it with updates and take it out for another spin. After all, the quest to find an agent still goes on. …

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The Power of a Hook (And announcing the 25th Anniversary contest winners!)

August 16, 2021 //  by Rachel Kent//  27 Comments

First, let me start by announcing our winner and runner up for the Hook Us With Your Hook contest:

Books & Such Literary 25th Anniversary Contest Winners Announced

The winner of the Books & Such Literary Management 25th…

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Hidden Treasure on Back Covers

August 11, 2021 //  by Barb Roose//  9 Comments

While Amazon or other online retailers can deliver our books in one or two days, there is one experience that online retailers will never be able to deliver: the thrill of flipping our wrist to see the back cover. 

When …

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Writer Hacks

August 9, 2021 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  31 Comments

If you want to write faster, or with more emotion on the page, or more compellingly, or without losing track of who’s who, or losing your mind, you may need a writer hack.

A quick online search will reveal hacks …

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