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Tangled by Kate Douglas

Apr 20, 2016

Handling Deadlines During Illness or Other Natural Disasters

Apr 19, 2016

Question from a reader: What would happen if I’d been hit by this series of infections and I had been under contract and facing deadlines? Obviously, sickness can’t always be foreseen, so how is illness covered within contract situations? Most contracts and publishers allow for extensions in extenuating circumstances. Life happens and no one is […]

Celebrating Five Years at BookEnds

Apr 18, 2016

As it so often does, dinner conversation the other night turned to work, and I realized that this month marks my five-year anniversary with BookEnds. In some ways, it seems like it was just a few months ago that I was scouring my inbox in search of my first client. In other ways, it’s hard […]

Congrats to our Bony Blithe Award finalists!!

Apr 18, 2016

Big congratulations are in order for THREE of our cozy mystery clients!  Victoria Abbott, Eva Gates and Victoria Hamilton are three of the five authors that made the 2016 Bony Blithe Shortlist,  awarded by the Bloody Words Board in Canada. Congrats and best of luck to all the nominees!

BookEnds Blog #32 on WritersDigest Best Websites

Apr 13, 2016

Congrats to BookEnds and the BookEnds Blog! Writers Digest recently released the best 101 Websites for Writers and our blog made the list at #32. The complete list is available in the May/June issue of Writers Digest.

Reading Up A Storm is #9 on B&N mass market list!!!

Apr 12, 2016

Congrats to Eva Gates!  The third book in her Lighthouse Library series, Reading Up A Storm, just hit the Barnes & Noble mass market bestseller list at #9! Cozy fans adore this outstanding series!

What Literary Agents Expect from Conferences

Apr 08, 2016

I’ve done a lot of posts over the years on how authors can make the most of their conference experience. I’ve talked about everything from how to talk to agents in elevators, what shoes to wear, to suggestions on pitching. What I don’t think I’ve ever talked about is what agents hope to gain from […]

What Happens When the Publisher Owns a Concept

Apr 07, 2016

A question from a reader: I know there are quite a few cozy series where the concept is owned by the publisher, not the author. I also know of at least one author who got her break writing these before her own series was picked up. I’m really curious about these series. Are they common? […]

New York Times Author Jenn McKinlay Releases Another Mystery

Apr 06, 2016

Congratulations to Jenn McKinlay on the #pubday of her eighth Cupcake Bakery Mystery, Vanilla Beaned.

Pretending to Be Erica Nominated for an ITW Thriller Award

Apr 06, 2016

Congratulations to Michelle Painchaud, the author of Pretending to be Erica. This incredible book has once again been noticed, this time by the International Thriller Writers. The book is a nominee for the 2016 Thriller Awards in the YA category.

#PubDay news for Sara Wolf and her wonderful YA romance Love Me Never

Apr 05, 2016

Previously published as Lovely Vicious, this fully revised and updated edition is full of romance, intrigue, and laugh-out-loud moments. Don’t love your enemy. Declare war on him. Seventeen-year-old Isis Blake hasn’t fallen in love in three years, nine weeks, and five days, and after what happened last time, she intends to keep it that way. […]

Congratulations Elizabeth Lynn Casey on Book #11

Apr 05, 2016

Needle and Dread is the 11th book in the Southern Sewing Circle mystery series. That’s an amazing number by author Elizabeth Lynn Casey who also writes as Laura Bradford. Congratulations!!! The Sweet Briar Ladies Society Sewing Circle is needled by the death of a highly strung woman in the new mystery by the author of […]