Blogger: Michelle Ule
Sitting in for Wendy Lawton who is attending the International Christian Retailing Show today.
Are you running out of ideas of what to blog about?
It’s a common problem if you’ve been blogging for any length of …
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Choosing the Perfect Already-Published Client
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Last Tuesday I posted a blog about what I’m looking for in an unpublished client. Many of the points are the same for the client who is already on his way to a career. Some of those …
Choosing the Perfect Unpublished Client
Note: Because the server was down most of yesterday, Wendy’s blog post will stretch over into Wednesday. You can catch Rachel Kent next Wednesday.
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
A question asked of nearly every agent panel is, “What do you look …
What Makes a Good Nonfiction Query?
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Part 3 of 3
Today I’m going to talk about what we like to see in a nonfiction query and what causes us to ask for a full proposal. I’ll start with statistics so you can see …
Outlook: Sun Breaking through the Fog
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Just back from Agency Summit in Wine Country
No, the title of this blog isn’t about the software program. I’m referring to my view of 2012. At the beginning of each new year we’re used to …
Five Words: Risk
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Round Top, Texas
Every year the agents at Books & Such spend some serious time setting professional goals. We have to commit to paper what we want to accomplish including specific financial and performance goals. Last …
What Does It Mean When an Agent Informally Communicates with Me?
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Traveling home from the Pacific Northwest
Disclaimer: These observations are based largely on my own practices and those I’ve observed from the many agents I know and admire. But each agent is different (just like each
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Book Show: Scenes from ICRS
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: From ICRS, Atlanta
Tuesday– Nine Meetings plus dinner with one of our favorite publishers, the associate publisher and editorial director at a fabulous French restaurant.
Condition: After midnight and too tired to type.
Solution: Let me …
One Writer’s Journey: Actually Writing the Story
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: In Santa Rosa packing for Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference
What excitement! A contract! I can write “novelist,” on my IRS 1040 for 2010! A dream has come true.
Or has it?
Don’t I have to …
One Writer’s Journey: Cake and Champagne!
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I’ve been talking about being a writer my whole life. Even my elementary school-aged daughter, however, was on to my lack of publishing success when she asked ten …