Blog Archive
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BookEnds Talks to Carolyn Hammond
Dec 01, 2006
Carolyn Hammond Book: 1000 Best Wine Secrets Publisher: Sourcebooks Pub date: October 2006 Agent: Jacky Sach Carolyn Hammond is an internationally recognised wine writer and seasoned journalist who has written for a number of major newspapers and magazines. She is a qualified sommelier and active member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. Her writing […]
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Organization
Nov 30, 2006
I recently spent almost two weeks trying to figure out the best way to get organized. As I’m sure many of you know it doesn’t take much for old ways of organization to become outdated. In this case, the level of work that I’m doing has changed so much that my previous methods just weren’t […]
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Thank-You Notes
Nov 29, 2006
This has little to do with publishing, but I’m guessing we can all use a break from work now and then and this really is an issue that’s been bugging me lately. Whatever happened to thank-you notes? I work in a business where it’s expected of me to send a response, albeit via SASE, for […]
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You Can’t Always Get What You Want . . .
Nov 28, 2006
Jacky, Jessica, and I were having a conversation the other day about how life has a wondrous way of balancing itself. Every time we find ourselves needing to buy a new roof, shelling out cash for taxes, or buying a new engine for our car, we often land some kind of windfall that is just […]
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Reading for Pleasure
Nov 27, 2006
I get asked all the time whether or not I read for pleasure and the answer is of course I do . . . and I don’t. I do read for pleasure all the time and people are amazed that I would want to read after spending a day working with books. But why would […]
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Happy Thanksgiving
Nov 22, 2006
BookEnds will be closed today through Sunday for the holiday. Have a happy Thanksgiving and we’ll see you again on Monday. —Jessica, Jacky, and Kim
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Our Dream Conference
Nov 21, 2006
As many of you know, we attend a number of conferences and speak to a number of writer’s groups each year. So if we were to plan the conference, what would our dream conference be like? 1. A huge goody bag upon arrival that includes snacks (good chocolate, water, wine, and fruit), a few books […]
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If I Did It
Nov 20, 2006
For anyone who has been living under a rock, I might have to point out that O. J. Simpson has written a book entitled If I Did It, Here’s How it Happened. Published by Judith Regan of Regan Books, the book and the publisher have come under a firestorm of controversy from the media, consumers, […]
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BookEnds Talks to Deb Baker
Nov 17, 2006
Deb Baker Book: Dolled Up for Murder Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime Pub date: October 2006 Agent: Jacky Sach Deb Baker is the author of two debut novels this year—Murder Passes the Buck, a Michigan Yooper mystery featuring local amateur sleuth Gertie Johnson, and Dolled Up for Murder, the first in the Dolls To Die For […]
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BookEnds Talks to Max McCoy
Nov 16, 2006
Max McCoy Book: A Breed Apart: A Novel of Wild Bill Hickok Publisher: NAL Pub date: November 2006 Agent: Kim Lionetti Max McCoy is an award-winning author, investigative reporter, and screenwriter. He is Journalist in Residence at Emporia State University at Emporia, Kansas. Awards: Spur Award, best first novel; Western Writers of America (for The […]
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Yummy Proposals
Nov 15, 2006
I got a huge proposal package in the mail recently. One marked perishable. You know what that means? That means a yummy bribe. Someone out there has decided that the best way to charm and win me over is to send an amazing box of chocolates along with the proposal. Well I, like almost everyone […]
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Giving Up
Nov 14, 2006
I was thrilled with the response my post Coping with Rejection got. I felt such a shared sense of comaraderie and enjoyed reading how others deal with this necessary evil. One comment asked the question: At what point does the agent who’s been getting rejections on a manuscript give up on it? And what happens […]
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