Blog Archive

Query Statistics

Sep 16, 2016

One of the best things about Query Manager is that it automatically keeps statistics for all of our queries and query responses, something I never really tracked before. Last week Beth attended the Colorado Gold Writers conference where she presented on rejection. In preparation she asked all of us to share our statistics. It was […]

An Opportunity to Meet Jessica Faust

Sep 15, 2016

I’m heading off to #Bouchercon16 and I’m super excited. For one, it’s in New Orleans, for two, it’s Bouchercon. While my schedule is pretty busy I’ve left some free time open to mingle in the bar and share a drink or two with fellow publishing professionals and writers (both published and unpublished). It’s really one […]

Creating the Perfect Book Cover

Sep 14, 2016

Authors and agents spend a lot of time nitpicking over covers. Should the type be a tiny bit bigger? Is that tree branch too heavy? Does the quote need to be moved? Is the color wrong? They say you don’t judge a book by its cover, but we all know you really do. When it […]

Agents Under Attack

Sep 13, 2016

By now the fervor over this controversy has died down, but I am still seething. Just before I went on vacation an author posted a blog in reaction to the rejection he received from an agent. Among other things, what he said was misogynistic and offensive. Rather than give the author the traffic I imagine […]

The Danger of Revising Submissions

Sep 12, 2016

Consistently through my many years of blogging I’ve told authors that once you start submitting you need to be done writing and revising. You’ve put the book aside, in your head it’s published, and you’ve moved on to writing the next book. That being said, it’s not uncommon to received feedback on the submission, or […]

We Will Never Forget

Sep 11, 2016

Jessica Faust’s Vacation Reads

Sep 09, 2016

There’s nothing like a vacation to feed the soul and catch up on reading. Okay, that’s the same thing. For two straight weeks I put away my computer and my Kindle and did nothing but read already published books. When given an opportunity like this I tend to focus on authors I haven’t read before. […]

Trilogy and Series Writers Beware

Sep 08, 2016

The other day, BookEnds agents got into a lively discussion regarding our thoughts on a couple of different YA trilogies. One of the things that a few of us noted was that one trilogy in particular was very difficult to follow. A few of us read the first book when it came out and had […]

Properly Identifying Your Book’s Genre

Sep 07, 2016

A few months ago BookEnds signed up for a new query system. Instead of email queries we switched to Query Manager and while the official review will be held in December, I think we’re all pretty happy with it. One of the things I like is that we get to select the genres we’re currently […]

Happy #PubDay to Julia Buckley for Cheddar Off Dead!

Sep 06, 2016

Congratulations to Julia Buckley on the release of the second delectable book in the Undercover Dish Mystery series! Caterer and cook Lilah Drake is up to her elbows in deadly trouble in the latest mystery from the author of The Big Chili… The Christmas holidays are one of Lilah’s favorite times of the year, filled […]

Excited to Announce the First in a New Series by Peg Cochran

Sep 06, 2016

We are so excited to wish Peg Cochran a Happy #PubDay on the release of No Farm, No Foul, the first in her absolutely wonderful Farmer’s Daughter Mystery series. Set on a picturesque farm in Michigan, where Shelby McDonald runs a popular lifestyle and cooking blog, from the national bestselling author of the Cranberry Cove […]

Taking Control of the Submission Process

Sep 06, 2016

I often feel like I need to remind authors how much agents understand the pain of submitting. You know, honestly, editors understand it a bit too. At some point, all of us need to convince someone else that the book we have absolutely fallen in love with is one that should be published. Agents need […]