Blog Archive
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The Book/Author I Wish I Had Discovered
Feb 02, 2012
This post is actually inspired by a series of tweets agent Deidre Knight (@DeidreKnight) did a while back. What book or author do we wish we had discovered? When I first read her tweet there was one person who immediately popped into my mind and that’s Sarah Addison Allen. I’ve read all of her books […]
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Workshop Wednesday
Feb 01, 2012
Thanks to all of your contributions, Workshop Wednesday has been a success. We’re going to continue on with it for as long as we have entries and the energy to comment on them. If you haven’t yet submitted but are still interested, don’t be afraid to participate as per the guidelines in our original post. […]
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Book Title Formulas
Jan 31, 2012
i read the section on “titles” and you mentioned there is a “formula” for suspense, thrillers and the like. what is the formula? I don’t think there’s a formula like in algebra, plug in this and you’ll get this, but if you look at a shelf full of thrillers or suspense titles, I think you’ll […]
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When the Manuscript Differs from the Query
Jan 30, 2012
I just started a second wave of querying, after a year of revising both the book and, even more so, the query (thank you so much for your blog’s direction on this, you were truly my best resource). This morning, I received my first agent response on the revised query: A request for the full […]
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A deal for a debut romance!
Jan 30, 2012
Stacy Henrie’s debut LADY OUTLAW, in which a woman attempts to save her family ranch by robbing stage thieves of their loot, but when her new ranch hand turns out to be a former bounty hunter, she has to make the decision to continue her crime spree or follow her heart, to Elizabeth Mazer at […]
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Corporate Confidential by Cynthia Shapiro
Jan 28, 2012
A terrific book in any language, this was a National Bestseller in Korea.
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Giving a Project Multiple Reads
Jan 26, 2012
I really have great admiration for critique partners and writers’ groups. I honestly don’t know how you do it. While I don’t mind reading a client’s work multiple times, I find that the more I read something the less perspective I have. In other words, the first time I read a book I’m really able […]
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Workshop Wednesday
Jan 25, 2012
Thanks to all of your contributions, Workshop Wednesday has been a success. We’re going to continue on with it for as long as we have entries and the energy to comment on them. If you haven’t yet submitted but are still interested, don’t be afraid to participate as per the guidelines in our original post. […]
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Not Right for My List
Jan 24, 2012
As an aspiring author, I will frequently hear “Not right for my list,” or “the characters weren’t compelling to me.” What do you as an agent do if an author you’ve signed writes a second book that doesn’t resonate with you? How do you pitch that book to publishers? I think the important thing to […]
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Responses to Rejections
Jan 23, 2012
I’m pretty sure we’ve covered this before, but it’s come up again so I don’t feel it hurts discussing it again. Should you respond to rejection letters, and, if so, what is the appropriate response? I don’t think there’s any reason to ever respond to a rejection letter, and some agents will even tell you […]
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Seeking New Representation
Jan 19, 2012
After you have fired your agent (for not following through, etc), how do you address your previous representation in your query? If your work has not been submitted to publishers because agent not-following-through never even got you a first set of revision notes? Do you say you’re seeking new representation? Does that send up a […]
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Workshop Wednesday
Jan 18, 2012
Thanks to all of your contributions, Workshop Wednesday has been a success. We’re going to continue on with it for as long as we have entries and the energy to comment on them. If you haven’t yet submitted but are still interested, don’t be afraid to participate as per the guidelines in our original post. […]
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