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Slice and Dice

March 13, 2022 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  14 Comments

When your work in progress is too long, as in WAY too long, how does a writer slice and dice words that are just shy of precious?

A client who gave me permission to share this but will remain anonymous …

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Happy Thanksgiving from Books & Such!

November 23, 2021 //  by Barb Roose//  8 Comments

A Thanksgiving Prayer for This Year

God, as we gather around our tables,

remembering all far and near,

We are grateful for Your keeping provision

that’s kept us through another wild year.

Through ups and down, the ins and outs,…

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Make Your First Pages Shine

October 18, 2021 //  by Rachel Kent//  5 Comments

I know a couple of you saw this post when I accidentally published it on the wrong day last week. Sorry about that! Here it is on the correct day…

The first page of your manuscript is more important than …

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Keep Focused

July 5, 2021 //  by Rachel Kent//  9 Comments

I don’t know about you, but I have a lot of experience with distractions! This past year has been especially tough to focus with schooling kids at home and a pandemic. I have had to find ways to work around …

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Carving Up Your Popular Content to Reach and Satisfy Your Audience

February 24, 2021 //  by Barb Roose//  7 Comments

Right now, imagine your popular podcast episodes, blog posts or keynote messages as a delicious, juicy turkey sitting in the middle of the table at Thanksgiving dinner. Like that turkey, developing your podcast, blog or keynote required a lot of …

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Does Your Writing Career Need a Diet?

January 4, 2021 //  by Barb Roose//  20 Comments

Does your writing career need to go on a diet so that it can get stronger again? 

It’s no secret that losing weight is one of the most common new year’s resolutions. The resolution is triggered by an ah-ha moment …

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Four Types of Rejection

November 8, 2020 //  by Rachel Kent//  10 Comments

When an agent sends a rejection letter, different types of rejections mean different things. Here’s the inside scoop, as I see it, on four main forms of rejection:

The Plain Old Rejection (usually sent for rejecting query letters):

This …

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Write-to-Video: 10 Ideas & Solutions to Create Captivating Video Content For Your Audience

October 12, 2020 //  by Barb Roose//  27 Comments

A few weeks ago, I decided to record a video of myself making a potato, corn and poblano pepper chowder. I channeled my inner-Millennial and sourced the recipe ingredients from my local farmers market. I roasted those poblanos and let …

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Getting Back on Your Wild Writing Horse

September 21, 2020 //  by Barb Roose//  15 Comments

Hi, I’m Barb. I’m new here.

If you read my interview with Janet last month, you learned that I’m the newest literary agent with Books & Such Literary Management. However, I’ve been with the agency as Rachelle Gardner’s client since …

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Tips to Stay Motivated

August 17, 2020 //  by Rachel Kent//  6 Comments

What motivates you to keep writing? We are all faced with the ups and downs that come on the roller coaster of publishing (and life), but when we get discouraged it can be tempting to just give up. Here are …

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