Blog Archive
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Welcome to BookEnds, Rachel Ruiz!
Aug 24, 2018
If you’re not reading or writing, what would we catch you doing? Spending time with my husband and our soon to be 9-year-old daughter, and trying to soak up as many adventures as we can. This summer we went hiking in the Shawnee National Forest and slept in a tree house! Where can readers […]
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Who Owns the Ideas Found in #MSWL
Aug 23, 2018
In a post I did on Deciphering #MSWL, one reader made an interesting comment when she said, Not to mention the potential legal pickle a writer who actually ran with one of these hyper-specific requests could find him or herself in if that idea turned into a bestseller with a different agent onboard. My takeaway […]
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Empowering Authors to Speak Out Against the “Bad Agents”
Aug 21, 2018
I wrote What Authors Need to do to Stop Bad Agents knowing I was going to get backlash. I was fully aware that there were going to be authors who weren’t going to be happy with what I had to say. I’m also very aware of the fears authors have of speaking out. I stand by […]
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This Month from BookEnds Jr… August 2018!
Aug 20, 2018
Hello! We realized that our July 2018 post never posted, so this post is a combination of July and August. July brought us a paperback edition of one of our favorite YA’s! As well as some amazing deals announced, and new members to the team! Take a look: MASK OF SHADOWS by Linsey Miller released […]
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Choosing an Agent with A Wide Range of Genre Interests
Aug 17, 2018
A reader asks: I went to one day ‘how to get published’ event on Saturday. The last part of the day was a panel of three agents from different agencies explaining how it works from their POV. About the only thing they agreed on was follow the instructions for submissions, everything else especially what to […]
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Making the Choice Between a Public or Private Social Media Life
Aug 15, 2018
In response to my blog post on Your Career and Social Media, a reader asks: I’m curious, wouldn’t keeping your personal social media private be okay? There’s a difference between what you do under an account that might be seen professionally and one that is your personal life. What if someone hasn’t needed to use […]
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What Authors Need to do to Stop Bad Agents
Aug 14, 2018
As conversations about bad agents** have increased, so has the call for industry-wide changes to protect authors from these agents–agents who aren’t necessarily operating illegally, but also aren’t operating ethically. While I can’t argue that there needs to be more in place to protect authors, I can argue about who is best suited for the job. […]
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The Changing World of Fiction
Aug 09, 2018
A reader asks: I have a shelf full of women’s fiction I read in the seventies and saved (because I loved them then). What do you think has changed in the definition since then? I think everything has changed since the seventies. In fact, everything has changed not just in women’s fiction, but in all […]
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Does Self-Publishing Ruin Your Chances at Traditional Publishing?
Aug 08, 2018
In response to my recent post on Choosing to E-Publish a reader asks: Does that mean if you’ve ever self-published that you’ve already shot yourself in the foot for ever getting an agent or publisher? No, certainly not. Nothing in publishing, or life, is ever that black and white. There are plenty of authors who […]
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