Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
This week I would like to focus on the Who, What, When, Where, Why (and How) questions you should answer for each project before creating a book proposal.…
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A Fourth Thing Your Agent Does Not Want to Hear. . .
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
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, …
A Guide to Proposals: Lesson 2
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 …
A Guide to Proposals: Lesson 1
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 …
Friday in the Life of an Agent: Reading
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 …
Tuesday in the Life of an Agent: Pitching Projects
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 …
Breaking Out of the Pack: Listening
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 …
The State of Publishing 2010-Style
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 …
FAQ: How much will an agent do to help with producing a book?
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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