Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
For those of you who despaired after reading the number of queries our office has received so far this year (almost 3,000 for those of you who …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
For those of you who despaired after reading the number of queries our office has received so far this year (almost 3,000 for those of you who …
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Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Happily home in glorious Santa Rosa, Calif.
Almost every step of a publishing career begins with a simple query—a quick pitch—describing a manuscript. It could be a simple, “what do you think of this story?” asked …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: From beautiful Anchorage, Alaska
Weather: Scattered showers and 63º
Where’s Miss Etta? This was Etta Wilson’s week to blog and I’m guessing many of you tuned in to hear more of her wisdom for children’s writers. …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
The first page of your manuscript is more important than you might imagine. You want the opening paragraphs to shine because, it turns out, if they don’t stand …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Because we receive so many proposals at our office, I see a number of projects that look pretty much the same–and I don’t mean style-wise. As I read …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
As I’m reading proposals, so often I see really great writing, but the project has little hope of publication because the audience is so small. Here are some …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I read at least three proposals from potential clients every week, sometimes more. In many of these proposals, I notice common writing errors, and I’d like to point …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such office, Nashville
Weather: Almost hot and muggy
Another Memorial Day, which means the first-of-summer holidays and celebrations for most folks. For those of us in the book business, it usually means a trip …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Last week one of my clients pointed out that I’d been reading a lot of Jane Austen-related books. He saw on the “What We’re Reading” box on the …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: warm and cloudy
I’ve written about the content of titles this week and their length, appropriateness, etc., but I haven’t said much about their looks, their style and where they …