Blog Archive
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Vote for BookEnds
Jan 11, 2007
Hey, Blog Readers, I was just told by Kate Douglas that we’ve been nominated for the Preditors & Editors Readers’ Poll as the best Writers Resource and Information Page, and you know what? I want to win. So head to the Web site below and vote for BookEnds, and while you’re there take a gander […]
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The Humongous Book of Calculus Problems by W. Michael Kelley
Jan 11, 2007
Now students have nothing to fear … Math textbooks can be as baffling as the subject they’re teaching. Not anymore. The best-selling author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Calculus has taken what appears to be a typical calculus workbook, chock full of solved calculus problems, and made legible notes in the margins, adding missing […]
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Reader Question: SF and Fantasy Submissions
Jan 10, 2007
Thank you for such an informative blog! I know it’s time-consuming, but it’s very much appreciated! My question: Your website states you don’t accept SF or fantasy . . . but, how about fantasy romance or SF romance? They’re increasingly popular, I believe. Are you accepting submissions in those sub-genres? Thank you. It is time-consuming, […]
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Reader Question: Resending Queries
Jan 09, 2007
If a query had been sent to an agent at a large (I mean LARGE) agency and no response was forthcoming for over nine months, would it be acceptable to resend a new, improved query to a more suitable agent in the same house? Yes, I did include an SASE. Plus, upon further inspection of […]
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The Pleasure of Reading
Jan 08, 2007
I was recently asked: Does reading for work spoil your reading for pleasure? In other words, are you pickier about the books you read than you were before your publishing career? No and yes. I think that reading for work actually increases the pleasure I get out of reading. When I read a book for […]
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BookEnds Talks to Kate Douglas
Jan 05, 2007
Kate Douglas Book: Wolf Tales III Publisher: Kensington Aphrodisia Pub date: January 2007 Agent: Jessica Faust (Click to Buy) Kate Douglas, after a lifetime of writing, has found her niche with erotic paranormal romances that take readers well beyond the usual limits of fantasy. She freely admits she’s having way more fun than your average […]
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Above and Beyond in Word Count
Jan 04, 2007
A recent call for questions elicited a number of great replies, and bear with us, we’re getting to them as quickly as we can. . . . Miss Snark has replied to a question I sent about word counts. She says 100,000 tops for a romance. I have written a novel which has 200,000. I […]
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Word Count
Jan 03, 2007
In October we posted a request for reader questions and got some great ones . . . I wrote a dark urban fantasy novel, which was complete at about 65,000 words. It’s the first in a series. I know that it’s too short and that it should be at least 80,000, but it’s 356 pages, […]
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New Year’s Resolutions
Jan 02, 2007
Happy 2007! I’m not usually much of a resolution maker, but I’ve discovered that even those of us who claim not to make resolutions tend to have one or two. And my thought is maybe if I share them with the world I’ll be more inclined to keep them beyond March. So here we go. […]
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Happy Holidays!
Dec 22, 2006
BookEnds is closed for the holidays until January 2, 2007. Have a wonderful holiday and we’ll be blogging again in the New Year.
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A Visit from Kim (with Apologies to Clement C. Moore)
Dec 21, 2006
I know it might seem a little early yet, but believe it or not, BookEnds is at our year-end. As of today we are officially closed for 2006, and what a year it’s been. We’ve seen many wonderful deals, bestseller lists, and a number of author successes in various ways—from first sales, to renewed contracts, […]
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BookEnds’ Favorite Things, Part 3
Dec 20, 2006
Of course, my favorite books are actually the ones I represent, but as I can’t possibly pick out five of my favorites from such a good bunch, I’m picking the following out of several different categories: Memoir:One of my favorite memoirs/narrative nonfiction books is Dry by Augusten Burroughs. I just think Augusten has a great […]
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