Blog Archive
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Things Learned from Twitter
Sep 17, 2010
As many of you know by now I get up early and when I do I often check Twitter to see what’s going on the world, especially the publishing world. For those of you who aren’t up quite as early or haven’t yet joined Twitter, let me share some of what I learned today… I […]
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You Can’t Make This Up
Sep 16, 2010
Okay, you’re all writers, so maybe you can make this up, but I don’t think there’s any way I can. Within days of opening for queries I had roughly 350 queries sitting in my inbox, so Saturday morning I decided to sit down and read a few. I’ll admit, as per my previous posts, I […]
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Back to Accepting Queries
Sep 15, 2010
As most of you know by now, I was closed to queries for roughly six weeks in July and August. It was a wonderful six weeks. I got caught up on all queries and almost all proposals. When I reopened I had only four requested proposals left to read and one full I had just […]
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A Day in the Life
Sep 14, 2010
I’m often asked what an agent’s day is like, and I thought of a million different ways to write this blog post up, but in the end I couldn’t do it, because no two days are the same. There are days that are so busy with phone calls that my ear starts to hurt, and […]
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Make Your Readers Work for You
Sep 13, 2010
I’m a business owner so I regularly follow business blogs, read magazines, and watch business news. I assume since you are all business owners (as authors you are the owner of your brand) you are doing much of the same. If not, you might want to consider looking into it. One of the things my […]
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Status Update
Sep 10, 2010
My Twitter followers will have seen this already, but for those who haven’t, let me quickly update you on where things stand in my inbox. I closed for queries for roughly six weeks, from mid-July through the first week of September. When I opened this Tuesday I had 50 queries by 9am. At the moment […]
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LOL
Sep 09, 2010
The author who hits reply instead of forward after receiving your response to her query. It doesn’t really matter what she says, but it’s always fascinating to be the fly on the wall, even if it’s for a brief moment. And for those of you who are embarrassed because you’re convinced I’m talking about you, […]
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Am I More Important Than Twitter?
Sep 08, 2010
Q: As a potential client am I more important than an agent’s twitter account? Should I be? I’m talking about agents who’ve requested partials or fulls. I’ve got a ms with an agent right now. She said I’d get a response in X number of weeks. It’s been way more than that. I’ve sent a […]
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I Went on Vacation
Sep 07, 2010
Gasp! I did it. Sadly, I think August is the one time of year I go on vacation and actually stay on vacation. It’s August so it helps that pretty much everyone else in publishing is away too. For 10 blissful days I stayed away from email, submissions, or proposals of any sort. Okay. I […]
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Happy Labor Day Weekend!
Sep 03, 2010
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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What Makes a Classic
Sep 02, 2010
Kim and I both just finished reading Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Okay, I take that back. Kim and I both devoured the book, immediately bought the second on our Kindles, and followed that by reading the third (which just released). It’s been a long time since I’ve read something that so engrossed me. I […]
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Upscale Fiction
Sep 01, 2010
I was wondering if you could address on your (very helpful) blog the difference between literary and upscale fiction. “Upscale” is a term I can’t quite get a grasp on, and I’m hoping you’ll be able to enlighten me! Frankly, I have no idea. It sounds to me like a term that was created by […]
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