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Welcome to BookEnds, Kimberly Bell!

Jun 21, 2017

I’m thrilled to welcome Kimberly Bell to the BookEnds team!  Kimberly’s Golden Heart-nominated debut A Convenient Engagement published with Penguin-Intermix last year, followed by A Dangerous Damsel and A Ballroom Temptation. Her new print series launches this summer with Entangled, so watch out for The Importance of Being Scandalous on shelves next month. She first came on my radar […]

Happy #PubDay to Shelly Bell!

Jun 20, 2017

Congratulations to Shelly Bell, on the release of her newest book, AT HIS MERCY. The first in a new erotic taboo romance series, AT HIS MERCY is also Bell’s print debut. So, double congratulations to you, Shelly. Take a look: Angel in his arms . . . Devil at her heels One last, no-strings night […]

Own Your Process

Jun 20, 2017

I often joke that no writer is ever happy with her process. In nine out of ten client meetings there is some point when the author expresses concern about her writing process or her inability to write the same way or at the same rate as others. Stop and listen. Nine out of ten client […]

Happy #PubDay to Juliette Cross!

Jun 19, 2017

  Congrats to Juliette Cross on the release of THE RED LILY, book 2 in the Vampire Blood series! This is a series of fairy tale retellings set in a world where the vampire monarchy reigns, with book 2 showing us Red Riding Hood like you’ve never seen her before. The Black Lily resistance needs […]

THE LAST WISH OF SASHA CADE by Cheyanne Young

Jun 17, 2017

Welcome to BookEnds, Tricia Levenseller!

Jun 16, 2017

  I’m thrilled to welcome Tricia Levenseller to the BookEnds team! Tricia’s debut YA fantasy Daughter of the Pirate King released from Macmillan early this year, and the sequel Daughter of the Siren Queen releases in February 2018. I still remember reading her query for DOTPK in my slush pile back in 2014 and failing in […]

First Impressions Mean (Almost) Everything

Jun 15, 2017

Have you ever been on a blind date? You’ve never met the guy before and now, here you are, looking for some stranger in a restaurant. You’ve got a vague description and while you’re looking around the coffee shop for the match you see him. As you’re walking over to sit down you’ve made at […]

Letting Fear Control Your Career

Jun 14, 2017

It’s kind of amazing to watch little kids barrel through life. They have no fear. They have no concept of what would happen if they fell off the tallest ladder on the play set or if that adorable dog didn’t like children, and they just don’t care. They run at both of them, full tilt, […]

Happy #PubDay to Robin Lovett!

Jun 13, 2017

  Congrats to Robin Lovett on the release of STRANGER, the first of three standalone dark romances publishing this summer! Warning: Stranger by Robin Lovett is a scorching, intense romance novel featuring an anti-hero out to get revenge against the trust-fund woman whose family destroyed his life. This isn’t supposed to be a love story. […]

Job Interview Tricks and Tips

Jun 13, 2017

I’ve been doing a lot of job interviewing lately. Obviously I’ve been talking to potential new agents, but along with new agents comes the need for additional support staff so I’ve also hired a contracts coordinator and have been interviewing for a new right-hand woman, someone to do a lot of excel work, organization, and […]

Welcome to BookEnds, A.S. Fenichel!

Jun 12, 2017

I am excited to welcome A.S. Fenichel to the BookEnds team! Andrea is currently published with Kensington Lyrical, and her latest Foolish Bride (book 2 in the Forever Brides series) released in March. We met at the RT Booklovers Convention in Atlanta this May, and I was intrigued by the idea for her next series. So when […]

The Struggle to Become Published

Jun 08, 2017

Many moons ago I used to become frustrated with the author who refused to write a query, a synopsis, or thought she was above such tasks. I’d argue with writers who tried to tell me that their job was not to write a query, but a book. I’ve since become amused by such attitudes because […]