Blog Archive
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Summer Quiet
Jul 02, 2007
It’s snooze city here, as I imagine it is in a lot of places. I think everyone has already escaped for the holiday and with RWA next week those that haven’t are trying to gear up for the big romance conference. Despite the peacefulness though I’ve been busy. In the past few days I’ve negotiated […]
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The Future of Women’s Fiction
Jul 02, 2007
Where do you see the women’s fiction market heading in the next three to five years? Ah! A prediction. A complete and utter guess, but from an industry professional. Well, I’ll do my very best, and of course if I’m right, watch me sell some really hot books in the next three to five years. […]
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S&S and Triskelion Contract Issues
Jun 29, 2007
I’ve been asked a lot in the past few weeks to discuss various contract issues. Most notably about Simon & Schuster and Triskelion’s recent bankruptcy. The reason I didn’t get on board with the Simon & Schuster discussion was that I felt everyone else was handling it very well. I know Kristin Nelson did a […]
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Kimberly Dean Talks about Flexibility
Jun 29, 2007
Kimberly Dean High School Reunion Publisher: Cheek Pub date: May 2007 Agent: Jessica Faust (Click to Buy) Author Web site: www.kimberlydean.com High School Reunion: Roma’s high school reunion is approaching fast—and she’s not ready. She has a good job, but she needs the whole package if she’s going to make that killer entrance. A toned […]
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A Day in the Life…
Jun 28, 2007
I’m having one of those days where I’m doing nothing but business and busy work. Oh, it’s very important work, but it feels like busy work sometimes. I’ve just finished my expense report. Something I’ll often put off for months and that needed to be done. I’m still working on setting Linda up, our new […]
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A “Dead” Market
Jun 28, 2007
The single-title contemporary romance market seems to be kaput for now . . . yet authors like Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Catherine Anderson, Susan Wiggs, Susan Mallery still manage to hang on to their share of the market. What common denominators account for their continued success (other than being named “Susan”)? In your opinion, do they […]
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Bad Agent
Jun 27, 2007
If you’ve ever done any sort of agent research at all you should know to be aware of the scam agent—those “agents” who prey on unsuspecting authors for money only. People in the publishing business preach constantly about scam agents. You can read in-depth on how to avoid them on Preditors & Editors, the amazing […]
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Time
Jun 26, 2007
We are in a business where we feel we need to work 24/7. Spending time doing nothing or just hanging out with family and friends feels like a guilty pleasure and one we shouldn’t be allowed. If you’re a writer you think you should be writing, and an agent feels that time away from the […]
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A Weekend with MORWA
Jun 25, 2007
I spent this last weekend with the Missouri Romance Writers group and want to thank them for making my time so enjoyable. I arrived in St. Louis Friday evening after a very short and uneventful flight where I was left alone to quiely read a submission I was excited about and catch up on some […]
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Networking Through Submissions
Jun 25, 2007
I had two very interesting experiences in the same day that I wanted to share with you. Recently I met an author during a pitch session and her enthusiasm for her book was amazing, it just bubbled over, and naturally it bubbled over onto me. She had a great idea and knew that it was […]
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Some of my best friends are fictional!
Jun 22, 2007
We’ve had such great responses on our posts about favorite stories and the best books we never read (I’m finally reading one now, by the way!), that I got to thinking about my favorite characters of all time. Some of them are from my top five books, but others stand out for me in a […]
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Michele Cagan on Writer’s Block
Jun 22, 2007
Michele Cagan Streetwise Incorporating Your Business Publisher: Adams Media Pub date: June 2007 Agent: Jacky Sach (Click to Buy) Author Web site: https://hsi.sharpseo.com/ Writer’s Block As I sat down to write this article, I came down with a severe case of writer’s block. I sat here for a while, alternately glaring at the blank screen […]
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