Blog Archive
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What Would You Do if You Weren’t Afraid?
Feb 03, 2017
I spent some time at the beginning of the month thinking about how many of my decisions, or non-decisions, were based on fear. How often I avoid doing something, even a small thing, because I’m afraid. And then I thought more about what I would do, or how I would handle a situation, if I […]
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Jessica Faust’s Recent Reads
Feb 02, 2017
Since November or December I’ve been goal focused. I’ve been working hard with my team to establish our goals and work together to make them happen. My recent reading reflects this. It’s a departure from probably anything else I’ve ever read, but a departure I was clearly ready for. I’ve been enjoying almost everything I’ve […]
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Deal News for Christi Barth and Sharon Cullen!
Feb 01, 2017
Congratulations to Christi Barth and Sharon Cullen on their new deals! We’re looking forward to both of their new series launching later this year! Christi Barth’s BAD BOYS GONE GOOD series, in which three mobster brothers start new lives and find love when they enter witness protection and are moved from the big city to […]
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What You Get from an Organization Might Not Be So Obvious
Feb 01, 2017
I was recently evaluating some of the organizations I belong to and what I get out of them. Not only was I looking at the organizations I already belong to and whether or not they continued to have value, but I also took a look at some of the organizations I chose not to join […]
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How Books Can Change the World
Jan 31, 2017
I have a confession to make. I have spent the past 20+ years underestimating the power of my job. For that I’m ashamed. While I love what I do with everything in my being, I never felt like I was doing something that would make a big change in the world. I wasn’t giving shoes […]
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Continuing to Write in Tough Times
Jan 30, 2017
I can’t go anywhere without someone either telling me or implying how difficult 2016 was. I see it on Twitter and I’ve been hearing it time and time again from my own clients. A lot of people are struggling to shake off a year that made them feel, well, a lot of things. Betrayed, frightened, […]
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Cleaning Up Social Media
Jan 27, 2017
Spring cleaning begins for me in January. I’ve set up my goals, I’m reorganizing my Client Notebook (where I track the status, dates and all other pertinent information for each client), I cleaned my desk and I cleaned up social media. Social media should be a lot more than just a place for you to […]
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Is Your Promo Leading to Sales?
Jan 26, 2017
Every year some organization or another contacts BookEnds asking for items for fundraising. Whether it’s the local PTO, a library, an author running her own drive, or a random letter from an organization, we get about five or so of these a year. We have a lot of extra books in the office so I […]
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5 Personality Traits for Writing Success
Jan 25, 2017
For any entrepreneur, true success starts with the right attitude. You have to go in knowing you, and you alone, will make this happen. As a writer looking to have a writing career, you are an entrepreneur and the same philosophies that hold true for someone opening a restaurant or a jewelry store or law […]
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Congrats to Shelly Bell, Melissa Cutler and Heather Blake, RT Book Award nominees!
Jan 24, 2017
Big congratulations to Shelly Bell, Melissa Cutler and Heather Blake on being nominated for RT Book Awards! Shelly’s BLUE BLOODED, an erotic thriller, is nominated for the first ever RT Review Source Award. Melissa’s ONE HOT SUMMER is nominated in the RT Reviewer’s Choice Award Contemporary Love & Laughter category. And Heather Blake’s GONE WITH […]
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Why Jessica Faust is Still Open to Submissions
Jan 24, 2017
I have been an agent for over 15 years. In fact, closer to 20 years (gah!). I have a roster of successful clients, a growing agency and I have this blog to write. To some that might mean, logically, that I’d close to submissions. Despite a hectic schedule and a full client list I am […]
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What are You Doing that Someone Else Should Be Doing Instead?
Jan 23, 2017
In making our goals for 2017 and beyond I think one of the most important things anyone can do is learn to let go. People at the highest levels of success, those you admire and look up to, have learned to do this, and so must you. What are you doing right now that someone […]
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