Blog Archive
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BookEnds Talks to Deb Baker
Aug 02, 2006
Deb Baker Book: Murder Passes the Buck Publisher: Midnight Ink Pub date: August 2006 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 series with Gretchen Birch, […]
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RWA Photos
Aug 01, 2006
I’ve taken the liberty of swiping a few photos from our clients to show you a little of what went on at RWA. If you have pictures you’d like to share, let us know where we can find them. Jessica posing with Kate Douglas Kim sitting with Kate Douglas after the awards ceremony Audrey LaFehr […]
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Back from RWA
Jul 31, 2006
Exhausting, exhilarating, and loads of fun all describe this year’s RWA National Conference. A weekend of pitch appointments, goal-setting and career-planning appointments, schmoozing, networking, eating and drinking, all came to a perfect close when Christine Diehm won the Golden Heart for best short historical romance. Congratulations, Christine, you taught the world that yes, Jessica is […]
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The Morning After . . .
Jul 31, 2006
I’m not quite sure how I’m finding the energy to lift my fingers and type this quick note after a long and exhausting weekend at RWA. Jessica and I had a blast (maybe a little bit too much fun, which added up to only four hours of sleep Saturday night). We had the opportunity to […]
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RWA—the Pitch Sessions
Jul 29, 2006
Well, I wasn’t nearly as motivated this morning as I was yesterday. The late nights and early mornings are definitely wearing me out. I have a quick few minutes to check in while I drink my coffee and prepare for the rest of the day. Yesterday Kim and I both had our pitch sessions, and […]
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RWA
Jul 28, 2006
Day two of RWA (for me anyway) and it’s early. No matter how late I get to bed I seem to always wake up at 5:00 a.m. Which I love. I got up, got myself to the fitness room for a short workout, made a trip to the hotel Starbucks (which is probably why I […]
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RWA
Jul 27, 2006
I’m leaving today for RWA—the Romance Writers of America national conference—being held this year in Atlanta. This is one of the most exhausting and energizing events of the year. Exhausting because I’ll be “on” 12 to 16 hours a day—schmoozing with editors, agents and writers, talking business, and just charming the heck out of everyone. […]
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My Life as an Intern at BookEnds, LLC
Jul 26, 2006
Ever since my first post on the BookEnds blog, I’m sure everyone has been scrambling around wondering and trying to find out what it’s like to be an intern at BookEnds. I’m here to put your wonderings to rest with this latest post. A typical day here at BookEnds, LLC, starts for me when I […]
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Translating Editor- and Agent-Speak
Jul 25, 2006
For an insider’s look at how to decipher those cryptic conversations between editors and agents, check out “Speaking in Tongues” on Jason Pinter’s blog at The Man in Black.
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Dos and Don’ts of Conference Etiquette
Jul 25, 2006
By special request, we’ve put together a list of conference dos and don’ts. While this was requested specifically for the RWA National Conference, we think it can certainly be used universally. Do: Introduce yourself to editors and agents.Don’t: Monopolize all of one person’s time when it’s clear others would like to chat with her, or […]
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Back from Backspace
Jul 24, 2006
On Saturday I attended the Backspace Writers Conference in NYC. As far as I could tell, the crowd of attendees was small, but they had quite an impressive list of speakers and presenters. The trouble with having a conference in NYC, as I see it, is that while you do get a long list of […]
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Backspace Writers Conference
Jul 20, 2006
Tomorrow morning I’m heading out to the Backspace Writers Conference, where I’m scheduled to speak on a panel first thing Saturday morning and take appointments Saturday afternoon. It’s been a while since I’ve attended a conference (almost a year), which is a long time for someone who used to participate in five to eight conferences […]
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