Blogger: Michelle Ule
Filling in for Rachel, Janet and Wendy over the next three days as they attend, and I write about, the Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference.
Agents
Why Agents Don’t Submit Your Proposal Right Away
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
A misconception writers have about agents is that, when a client submits a proposal, the agent downloads it, adds his/her contact info to the submission and blasts it out that same day to every even-vaguely possible …
Pitching in Person
Blogger: Rachel Kent
I am diving in now to my preparations for ICRS at the end of June. ICRS is a wonderful place for agents to meet face-to-face with editors to talk about our clients’ projects. There’s great benefit to …
Agents Understand Rejection
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Last week I wrote about what to do when your query letter is rejected by agents. This week I’d like to remind you all that agents experience rejection, too. Each day we receive rejections from publishing houses …
Why Do Agents Attend Writers Conferences?
Blogger: Rachel Kent
I just bought my plane tickets for my trip up to Seattle for the Northwest Christian Writers’ Renewal Conference in April! I’m excited to get to be a part of their conference this year. I went to …
Ask An Agent
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
When I sit down to write a blog post I usually start with some of the questions I’ve been asked. Questions about books, representation, publishing or marketing. You’ve heard us advise authors to write to the reader’s …
Query Letters: Why request? Why reject?
Blogger: Rachel Kent
I was asked this week, “What is the one thing that makes you request a project based on a query and what is the one thing in a query that makes you decide a book isn’t the …
What’s your favorite part of your job?
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Last week I was interviewed for a radio program, and the interviewer asked me what I liked best and what I liked least about my job. I didn’t have time to give a full answer, but …
Ten Immutable Laws for the Literary Agent
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
My chapter for this morning was Exodus 20–The Ten Commandments. I took time to write each one out in my journal since my mind always connects better when my hand is engaged. The practice got me to …
When it seems like your agent is ignoring you…
Blogger: Rachel Kent
I won’t claim this for every agent, but I know that Books & Such agents try very hard to communicate well with our clients and to respond to emails in an efficient way. We care deeply about …