Blog Archive
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Becoming Both a Pantser and a Plotter
Oct 17, 2019
Authors usually identify their writing style in two ways. They are either pantsers or plotters. Pantsers write from the seat of their pants. From the start, they don’t have an outline that maps out the entire course of the book. Their writing goes where the story takes them. Plotters take their idea and create a […]
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New Client Alert- Katherine Blakeney
Oct 16, 2019
Name: Katherine BlakeneyWhat you Write: I read and write a broad range of genres. At the moment I’m focusing on historical thrillers and mysteries, but I previously wrote a Sci-Fi novel with elements of Fantasy and I’m currently developing some Middle Grade projects (mostly historical), and a number of graphic novels. I’m also interested in […]
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Conversations To Have When Offered Representation
Oct 16, 2019
We’ve talked a lot about the questions you should ask when receiving an offer of representation. But of course that call is much more than just an interview, it’s a conversation with your potential new agent. When having that conversation is there anything you shouldn’t discuss or bring up? Discussing Other Genres Jessica, would it […]
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A Logline is Not a Hook
Oct 15, 2019
Every time I write on hook there is an assumption that is the same as a logline, similar to what movies use. Which I totally get. If I wasn’t so entrenched in publishing I would think of a hook as the logline too. A hook is bigger than that. Much bigger. A hook is more […]
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New Client Alert- Kristine Rudolph
Oct 11, 2019
Name: Kristine RudolphWhat you Write: Upper Middle Grade Contemporary RealismAgent: Moe FerraraWhy BookEnds? Being a BookEnds client is a dream come true. It’s an established agency with a long history of great work in the industry. Tell us a bit about your writing process. Where do you write, and how often? My curse is that I […]
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What You Believe, You Will Receive
Oct 10, 2019
Our thoughts and what we believe play a huge role in who we are and what we achieve. I live by the belief that what you believe you will receive. There’s a hitch though and that’s that you can’t predict and control how or what you receive. Only that you will. The BookEnds Story Twenty […]
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New Client Alert – Austin Kinsey
Oct 09, 2019
Name: Austin KinseyWhat you Write: Mystery & Speculative FictionAgent: Amanda JainWhy BookEnds? Amanda showed a sincerity and candidness that I think is hard to find when navigating literary agencies. What book do you wish you had written, and why? Definitely Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson. I read it two summers ago and I […]
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Revisions Make You a Better Writer
Oct 09, 2019
Authors who embrace revisions don’t just create a better book, they become better writers. The best authors take the lesson from each revision and file it away when they write the next book. That’s not to say there won’t be revisions on the next book, it’s just that when the agent or editor pushes them […]
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How I Manage Queries
Oct 08, 2019
I’ve always been pretty good at managing my query inbox. Even when that inbox was actually a mailbox. Part of it is my own obsession for order. Part of it stems from my love of the hunt for the next great book. Those two things alone, however, don’t promise a well-managed inbox. What does is […]
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New Client Alert: Desideria Mesa
Oct 04, 2019
Name: Desideria Mesa What You Write: Adult Historical Fantasy Agent: Rachel Brooks Tell us a bit about your writing process. Where do you write, and how often? My favorite place to create is on my back porch with a tall glass of sangria. I write and read nearly every single day, often until 3 or […]
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An Agent’s View of the Submission Process
Oct 03, 2019
Query and submission guidelines are not meant as a test for authors. But how you follow those guidelines does show us what you will be like to work with as an author. I ask for specific things when I request material from an author. For fiction, I will always request a synopsis. For nonfiction, I […]
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New Client Alert- Genny Jessee
Oct 02, 2019
Name: Genny Jessee What you Write: Nonfiction Agent: Jessica Faust Jessica Faust: Genny Jessee’s queries was one of those that made me jump out of my chair the minute I read it. My Brave Baby is a guided “baby’s first year” journal for parents who are not experiencing the typical first year. They don’t necessarily […]
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