Blog Archive
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BookEnds Talks to Karen MacInerney
Mar 02, 2007
Karen MacInerney Book: Dead and Berried Publisher: Midnight Ink Pub date: February 2007 Agent: Jessica Faust (Click to Buy) Karen MacInerney lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband, two children, and a house rabbit named Bunny. When she’s not writing mysteries, she likes to read, drink coffee, attempt unusual recipes, and hit the local hike […]
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The Embarrassing Truth
Mar 01, 2007
Lately I’ve had a couple of different conversations with people about books, specifically those books you are embarrassed to admit that you’ve never read. And I wish embarrassed were too strong a word, but it’s really not. We all have them, those books that you think everyone in the world has read but you, or […]
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Letting a Client Go
Feb 28, 2007
Authors are often fascinated by what would make an agent drop them. For me, it’s pretty hard to do and rare that I’ve ever dropped a client, although it has happened. The most obvious reason is that the client is not writing books I think I can sell. There have been times when I’ve taken […]
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Ensuring Successful Communication with Agents and Editors
Feb 27, 2007
Yesterday I commented on a post about unsolicited advice for authors Gawker made back in October. My take was a little advice for Gawker. Well, today I’m going to give my own bit of advice to authors, and you know what? Despite how upset I was at Gawker for saying that authors “are the craziest, […]
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Unsolicited Advice for Editors
Feb 26, 2007
Back in October Gawker ran a fairly virulent post about authors. When I first read it I didn’t have the time to properly respond. Well, lately some other things have come up that have brought this post to mind, and now I have something to say. In the Gawker post the anonymous writer described authors […]
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BookEnds Talks to Max McCoy
Feb 23, 2007
Max McCoy Book: Hellfire Canyon Publisher: Kensington Pub date: February 2007 Agent: Kim Lionetti (Click to Buy) Max McCoy is an award-winning author, investigative reporter, and screenwriter. Most of his work, including Hellfire Canyon, is set in the Ozarks. Currently, he is Journalist in Residence at Emporia State University in east central Kansas. Awards: Spur […]
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Reader Questions
Feb 22, 2007
Besides the basic rants and raves about being a literary agent, and the comments they generate, I like to make sure we are giving you, the readers, what you want. Last November I made a post asking for reader questions, and the response was so heavy, and the questions so good, that I’m back asking […]
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Reader Question: International Authors
Feb 21, 2007
I’d like to know what the the agents at BookEnds (and agents in general, if you know) do when an author from outside the USA seeks representation with your agency. Does this affect how you look at a project? What if the author has a contract with an international publishing house but with a branch […]
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What I’m Looking For
Feb 20, 2007
It’s been a while since I’ve updated you on my most recent obsession. As you know, I am always looking for fresh new voices in romance, mystery, women’s fiction, and nonfiction, but sometimes you just get in a mood, and as I sit here looking at the teetering pile of submissions next to my desk […]
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Reader Question: Still Editing
Feb 19, 2007
Let’s say you are silly enough to query your ms while you are still editing it, thinking, “oh, it’ll be 3-4 weeks at the soonest to go from query to partial to full, even submitting online.” Lo and behold, you get a reply from one the same day requesting a full. Oops! Question: Do you […]
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BookEnds Talks to Marie Browne & Marlene Browne
Feb 16, 2007
Marie H. Browne, R.N., Ph.D., & Marlene M. Browne, Esq. If the Man You Love Was Abused: A Couple’s Guide to Healing Publisher: Adams Media Pub date: February 2007 Agent: Jacky Sach (Click to Buy) Marie H. Browne, R.N., Ph.D., a licensed marriage and family therapist and professor of psychiatric nursing for thirty-four years, maintains […]
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Why I Say What I Say
Feb 15, 2007
Not too long ago I did a blog post on e-books. I had been asked by a reader whether or not paper publishers look down on epublished authors. My response was no, but I did explain a bit about when epublishing might and might not work. A few of you seemed offended by my comments, […]
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