Blog Archive
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Get to Know James McGowan
Feb 24, 2020
Welcome back to the BookEnds “Get to Know” series. You’ve read our bios, follow us on social media, and you know which genres we represent. But behind the business persona, we are real people with real lives, hobbies, pet peeves, and passions. These are the people we want to share with you. Besides being the Assistant, Social Media […]
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Only Mostly Devastated chosen as Spring Indie Next Title!
Feb 21, 2020
We are so delighted to share that Sophie Gonzales’ forthcoming YA novel, Only Mostly Devastated has been chosen as a Spring 2020 Indie Next Title! Huge congratulations to Sophie, Agent Moe Ferrara, and the team at Wednesday Books! Only Mostly Devastated hits shelves on March 3rd. We’re super excited to finally share this book with […]
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Get to Know Moe Ferrara
Feb 21, 2020
Welcome to the next installment of the BookEnds “Get to Know” series. You’ve read our bios, follow us on social media, and you know which genres we represent. But behind the business persona, we are real people (no, really, I swear!) with real lives, hobbies (yes, we do things outside of publishing!), pet peeves, and […]
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Querying When You Write Multiple Genres
Feb 20, 2020
Throughout the course of your career, your goals and priorities will shift, as well as the genres you might choose to write in. The same happens to agents. At the beginning of my career my focus was on romance and nonfiction. As the market changed, and as I changed, so did my list. Now I […]
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New Client Alert- Kat Cantrell
Feb 19, 2020
Name: Kat CantrellWhat you Write: Sweet, Sassy RomanceAgent: Jessica AlvarezWhy BookEnds? I needed an agent who could take my career to the next level and who believes in my books. Jessica Alvarez fit the bill and then some! Please answer as many or as few of these questions as you would like: What genres do […]
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Jessica Faust’s Fiction Wishlist
Feb 19, 2020
Every agent has areas of expertise–usually in the genres we represent. Beyond that, we all have a wishlist (#MSWL) for books or stories we would love to read and of course represent. My wishlist is some of the same, but also (hopefully) some new. All typically are within the genres I am currently open to–suspense, […]
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Getting Your Manuscript Professionally Edited
Feb 18, 2020
Hiring a professional editor to review and edit your book is an extremely personal decision. It’s not something any agent, or editor, expects or requires you to do. Should I get my manuscripts professionally edited before querying? The main problem with getting editing done early is that once I make any changes, I will be […]
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Get to Know Rachel Brooks
Feb 17, 2020
Welcome to the next installment of the BookEnds “Get to Know” series! (ICYMI, Kim’s was on Friday.) You’ve read our bios, but behind the business persona and books-books-books talk, we do have a few more layers. Today I’m peeling back the “Rachel onion” a bit more. (*Please note my satchel in the above photo is […]
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Get to Know Kim Lionetti
Feb 14, 2020
I’m continuing the BookEnds “Get to Know” series. We’re digging a bit deeper than our website bios and MSWLs, and hope you’ll stay tuned to learn more about everyone on our team. Here’s some of my favorite things and favorite things to do… Favorite foods: spicy tuna roll steamed clams drowned in butter spanakopita black […]
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What Happens After You Sign with an Agent
Feb 13, 2020
You worked exceedingly hard to get an agent and when that call comes celebrate because once the contract is signed the real work begins. Obviously you both want the next thing to be the sale, but before that can happen there are a number of steps along the way. I was wondering if it might […]
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What Query Backlash Says About the Author
Feb 12, 2020
There’s something about the beginning of the year that brings out backlash from authors. Responses to queries berating agents for our stupidity or insincere and condescending rejection letters (I’ve received both). Unlike some other agents, this backlash doesn’t bother me. In fact, often they make me smile. Just like query rejection has nothing to do […]
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Agents Acquiring “Selectively”
Feb 11, 2020
Agents, by nature, are selective. We both can be and have to be. Selling a book is even far more difficult than finding an agent, and we all have limited bandwidth which means we can only handle so many author careers at any given time. But what does it mean when an agent says they […]
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