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A Fourth Thing Your Agent Does Not Want to Hear. . .

February 10, 2011 //  by Wendy Lawton//  15 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA

So, since we keep talking about things your agent prefers not to hear, here’s yet another one: “I just wrote a proposal for a whole new idea and I’m …

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Friday Free-For-All: Proposals

November 19, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  23 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

I’ve only been able to give four “lessons” on proposals this week, and I know many of you have had questions. I tried to answer all of them, …

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A Guide to Proposals: Lesson 2

November 16, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  11 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Thanks so much for sharing your proposal styles and proposal stories yesterday! That was fun. 🙂

Today I would like to concentrate on the book comparisons or market …

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A Guide to Proposals: Lesson 1

November 15, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  23 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

I hope you didn’t get too excited by the blog title. Unfortunately, we’re not talking about marriage proposals this week. (But wouldn’t that be fun?!) I’m not qualified …

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Friday in the Life of an Agent: Reading

June 18, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  8 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Friday!

We made it!

I like to use my Fridays as reading days. I enjoy reading and look forward to it, so it’s a nice, end-of-the-week treat. I …

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Tuesday in the Life of an Agent: Pitching Projects

June 15, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  24 Comments

Author: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Tuesday morning started out much like Monday morning, but I managed to get a shower. Things are looking up!

With coffee in hand, I arrive in the office …

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Breaking Out of the Pack: Listening

May 6, 2010 //  by Janet Grant//  12 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Last week I spent most of my time working with clients in preparing proposals for submission to editors. As I interacted with various clients, I observed a …

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The State of Publishing 2010-Style

April 6, 2010 //  by Janet Grant//  18 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Whenever I’m on the faculty of the Mount Hermon Writers Conference, I’m always on the lookout for a chance to chat with editors about how their publishing …

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FAQ: How much will an agent do to help with producing a book?

June 25, 2009 //  by Rachel Kent//  7 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such Main Office; Santa Rosa, Calif.

An author emailed us a couple of questions, which I’m going to spend today answering.

Here are the questions:

“How willing is an agent to help an author …

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Are you really writing a unique project?

June 17, 2009 //  by Rachel Kent//  15 Comments

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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