Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
A new year is a good time to think about what you wish you could change. One item that immediately came to me was how stressful publishing can be.
Stressful occupations
I remember decades ago reading …
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Deadline Disaster and How to Avoid It
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Today I’m in a mood. Thunderclouds have gathered over my office, and I’m not feelin’ groovy, even if I do live in California. I’ve observed that authors express less and less concern about making the deadlines …
Your Work Style
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Last week I wrote about productivity and word counts. Today I’d like to examine work style. Nothing seems harder than actually getting down to the work of writing. Writers are constantly alternating between feeling waves of guilt …
Falling Behind: A Guide to Deadlines
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Unfortunately, it isn’t uncommon for an author to miss a deadline or to need an extension on a deadline. It is SO much better to get your book done on time, but if it does look like …
Author Insecurity
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Insecurity is a common ailment for authors and it seems to strike strongly when a contract is signed. It is common for a client to come to me once the contract is final and need a boost …
Deadlines are not suggested due dates
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Many authors seem to think that deadlines are flexible dates. They’ll come to their agent asking for the agent to get an extension the day before the book is due without any doubt that the extension will …
Pre-Pub Writers–Seize the Day
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
It’s a given that before a writer is published he needs to hone his writing skills but what else can a writer do while he’s waiting to get that first contract? How can he seize the day? …
5 ways for a writer to be more business savvy
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
When you think about your writing, does your mind slip into business mode or artistic mode? For most writers, the artistic side looms large. Of course they know that publishing is a business, but that doesn’t …
Deadlines are serious
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Many authors seem to think that deadlines are flexible dates. They’ll come to their agent asking for the agent to get an extension the day before the book is due without any doubt that the extension will …
Uber-late manuscripts and what they cost you
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Books & Such agents and staff are on a writers’ retreat with our clients at the Monterey Plaza Hotel this week and lavishing them with attention. (See photo below showing our clients on the hotel’s terrace …