Blogger: Wendy Lawton
We get queries by the bucket load as you can imagine. Most writers don’t make it past the query stage simply because of the sheer volume of fine queries. I’m going to share a pub hack with …
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Queries
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
This week and next I’m going to pull up a couple of blogs from the past for a review session. (Remember review sessions from school days? Luckily, no test to follow.)
Just when you thought you couldn’t …
Query Rules–Law or Grace?
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Last week a number of you asked questions about submission etiquette. We always give a stock answer when writers ask us about how to contact an agent for possible representation. We tell them to check the agency …
Offering Representation—One Story
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Last week I picked up the phone and made an offer of representation to an author. I won’t tell you who it is because she is a regular member of our blog community, and it’s up to …
Things Writers Should Keep Track Of: Part 1
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
What to keep track of before publication:
Even before you’re a published author, you need to keep track of many important items during the submission process. Charts and …
Monday in the Life of an Agent: Query Letters
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
An agent’s Monday starts out much like yours, I bet, but you tell me. Here’s a typical Rachel Monday:
The alarm clock rings, and I hit snooze. This …
While U Wait: Perfect Your Craft
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Tehachapi, CA
Weather: Breezy and beautiful
Last time I blogged, I talked about query letter dos and don’ts. Mostly the don’ts. I want to follow that up with the next step–what to do once you’ve got …
#QueryFail: Clever Queries
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
Weather: 82º (Ten degrees hotter than yesterday)
Great comments so far on queries. Today we are going to get into some dos and don’ts. Let me say again, these are …
Worst Case Scenario– No Platform
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
Weather: 67º and cloudy
First, let’s talk about yesterday’s worst case scenario– when your queries go out to a dozen agents and . . . nothing. I appreciated the responses. …
Best of the Blog 2009: Jumpstart Your Writing Dreams
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
In a series of my blog posts, we discussed career killers–those missteps that spell the “kiss of death” to a writer’s career. Several of you commented, asking what can …
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