Blog Archive

A New Year, New Goals

Jan 14, 2015

Every year at this time the BookEnds team sits down to reevaluate what started out as the company’s business plan. We take a look at things like our mission statement and company objectives, both short-term and long-term. We also take a look at our own personal goals for the upcoming year and share them with […]

How to Query Multiple Books

Jan 13, 2015

After responding to a query I received this email from the writer: Thank you, Jessica. I know I’m not supposed to ask questions of an agent, but this time I’m going to chance it, as the answer will influence any queries I send in the future: I have three finished ms, all in the same […]

Some Thoughts on Referrals

Jan 12, 2015

Thank you AJ Blythe for following Janet Reid’s direction and emailing me on this subject. I actually like this back and forth blogging that Janet and I have going and would like to issue a directive. If you ever read a post either of us has done, or in my case any agent has done, […]

Tis the Season for Queries

Jan 09, 2015

Typically I don’t send out submissions between Thanksgiving and the end of the year. Editors (and agents) are busy cleaning off their desks and doing last minute end of the year type things (like eating fudge and drinking champagne to celebrate an amazing year). I had one submission to go out though, it was under […]

Your Brand, A Professional Courtesy

Jan 08, 2015

After reading my post on Knowing Your Brand one reader made this comment: I truly appreciate this post. I’m wondering if you could elaborate a bit on the flip side. What does it say about an agent or editor who (after meeting in person) fails to communicate in any manner to a writer? After pitching […]

Sometimes Short is not Sweet

Jan 07, 2015

We get a lot of queries that go something like this: The Secret Life of Frankie P opens in present day Minneapolis with a damaged, but strong protagonist who sets out to turn her life around by joining a group of misfits like herself who are determined to assist victims of domestic abuse. By opening […]

It’s All About Revisions

Jan 06, 2015

I hear from a lot of writers, especially after NaNoWriMo who were inspired and whipped out a book in a month. That’s amazing. There are certainly a number of writers out there who can write quickly, I have a few clients of my own who amaze me with their abilities to write terrific books quickly. […]

Query Management

Jan 05, 2015

I recently got an invitation to a query management system. To the best of my understanding its a service in which the author submits the query to the company who feeds them to me based on my likes and dislikes, the appropriateness of the query and the condition of the query. In the email they […]

His to Claim by Shelly Bell

Jan 03, 2015

F*ck Divorce by Erica Slotter and Patrick Markey

Jan 03, 2015

Have a Wonderful Holiday and #GiveaBook

Dec 18, 2014

The BookEnds team is headed out for our annual holiday lunch. We’re going to eat well, drink well and celebrate an amazing year. I can’t give thanks enough for the team I’m lucky enough to work with every day, for the authors I have the pleasure of representing and for all the great books, published […]

Kim’s #GiveABook Holiday picks

Dec 17, 2014

I bought A LOT of books for Christmas gifts this year.  I went crazy with my daughter’s Scholastic club flyers and realized the other day that my kids are getting a combined total of 18 books from us this year, and that’s not even counting the ones I bought for other family members.  Here’s just […]