Blog Archive
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Workshop Wednesday
Sep 14, 2011
By repeated request we’ve started Workshop Wednesday. It will definitely play out through 2011, and beyond that we’ll just have to see. We’ve received well over 200 queries at this point, but we are choosing at random, so don’t be afraid to participate as per the guidelines in our original post. For anyone wanting to […]
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Writers Beware
Sep 13, 2011
It’s been a long, long time since I’ve written a post on writers beware in publishing. I think that after a certain amount of time I’ve made the incorrect assumption that my readers know this already. I forget that daily I’m reaching new people and that some of those who were here in the early […]
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What I’m Looking For
Sep 12, 2011
Though I’ve only been with BookEnds since April, I’ve already made some shifts in what kinds of projects I’m looking to represent. Some of this has to do with changes in market trends, but a lot really has to do with my personal reading preferences. I want to be enthusiastic about each and every book […]
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LOL
Sep 09, 2011
In response to rejections . . . Jessica F. received this: I understand this: Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none. – Jules Renard Jessica A. received this: Subject: You Are an A**Hole! Jessica F. received this in reply to the auto-reply letting authors […]
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How an Agent Learns Craft
Sep 08, 2011
I am currently an intern for [redacted] Literary Agency. I read your blog post about switching genres when writing, and it made me think of a question that I have been wrestling with. I am in the process of becoming an associate agent, and my strength is fiction. However, I want to continue to improve […]
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Workshop Wednesday
Sep 07, 2011
By repeated request we’ve started Workshop Wednesday. It will definitely play out through 2011, and beyond that we’ll just have to see. We’ve received well over 200 queries at this point, but we are choosing at random, so don’t be afraid to participate as per the guidelines in our original post. For anyone wanting to […]
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Jessica’s Query Status
Sep 06, 2011
As promised: I said to check back in September to see when I would open for queries. Well, there’s been a change of plans. I’ve so enjoyed the time I have had to just spend with my clients that for the time being I’m going to accept queries by referral only. This means what it […]
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Happy Labor Day Weekend!
Sep 02, 2011
The BookEnds offices will be closed today through Monday in observance of Labor Day. Have a great weekend, and we’ll return on Tuesday with a new post.
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Limitations of Common Knowledge
Sep 01, 2011
What are the limitations of common knowledge? The better portion of my manuscript is about Ragnarok and at some point in my working query I mention it. So while going around the AW and QT forums, one person so far has asked: (Who or what is Ragnarok? I’m left guessing and guessing isn’t good.) I […]
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Workshop Wednesday
Aug 31, 2011
By repeated request we’ve started Workshop Wednesday. It will definitely play out through 2011, and beyond that we’ll just have to see. We’ve received well over 200 queries at this point, but we are choosing at random, so don’t be afraid to participate as per the guidelines in our original post. For anyone wanting to […]
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Why I Do What I Do
Aug 30, 2011
I just wanted to thank you. A while back, you had a post about querying agents at the same agency. Previously, this was something I would never have considered doing, but after reading your post, I decided to take my chances and send to an agent I felt might be interested in my novel in […]
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An Agent Leaves
Aug 29, 2011
I’m hoping you can help me understand something. I see mentioned occasionally that an agent is moving from one literary agency to another. From what I’ve been able to tell, this can mean transitioning their clients to someone else in the old agency and acquiring new ones with the new group. Is that common? A […]
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