The older I become, the more I know this to be true: generosity is one of the most important traits for a writer (or person, for that matter) to have. Generosity serves a writer in many ways that spill over …
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Distraction Detox: How to Keep Writing When Everything Else Looks Easier!
What’s the best motivation to clean your house?
Answer: Give yourself a book deadline.
If you’re a writer, you likely laughed and groaned at the same time—because it’s true. As soon as you sit down to write, everything around you …
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Is it easy to get another book contract after the first?
“Once I sell my first book to a publishing house, it’s going to be easy to sell the rest of my manuscripts.”
We see this assumption expressed in the many emails we receive from writers who believe that the book …
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Set for a Reset
I’m borrowing inspiration today from one of my clients. As one year draws to a close and another is peeking over the horizon, she was compelled to consider, “What’s next?”
Rather than merely wonder, she pulled together a plan to …
Setting Goals for Your Writing Career
By Wendy Lawton
As agents, we often talk about our roles in career planning. That is often misunderstood. There are aspects in our control and aspects completely out of our control. Let me list a few of those:
Goals within
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About Goals
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Perhaps you saw on Facebook that our fearless leader, Books & Such president and founder, Janet Kobobel Grant, announced that, for the first time, every single Books & Such agent surpassed her sales goal for the year.…
Taking Risks
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
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 year I took a …
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 …
Daily Word Count, Part One
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
When I was actively writing one of the questions I always asked fellow writers was their daily output. Being a wee bit on the competitive side (understatement) I was always anxious to track my progress and improve …
Tips to help you have a successful 2014
Blogger: Rachel Kent
I loved Mary’s post from yesterday about how important attitude is for success. It’s always so hard to start back to work after a vacation without any grumbling, but Mary’s blog really helped me to see how …