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March 2, 2010
- My agent, Roger Williams, recently did an interview with writer Lindsay Currie; I found his answers to be insightful and interesting, though I'll admit to an obvious bias in his favor. :) You can find it reprinted here, and it's well worth the read. Greg
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January 16, 2010
- Making the jump from writer to author is an incredible journey that should not be taken lightly. It is not for the faint of heart. You need to shift the passion that drove you to the written word to getting those words in the hands of a publisher. In the beginning, it is filled with as much disappointment as it is enjoyment. It is the acceptance of this that will eventually fuel your success. ...
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January 7, 2010
- Sounds True, Inc. is looking for a Editorial Administrative Assistant. See other great jobs at our Job Board.Jane Dystel: Book Publishing in the Next 10 YearsBy Jeff Rivera on Jan 06, 2010 08:23 AMVeteran agent, Jane Dystel of Dystel & Goderich Literary Management, best known for discovering Barack Obama, weighs in on the changes in the book publishing by giving GalleyCat her predictions for ...
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January 5, 2010
- Janet Reid, Literary Agent Periodically I've posted tallies of my replies to incoming query letters. After one of those posts I realized that it might be interesting to keep tabs on what happens when I request a full. I started keeping notes sometime this summer. Between that date and today, I requested 124 full novels.Here's what happened:Just plain not good enough: 21 (a novel needs to be ...
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December 21, 2009
- Next month I will be pitching my second novel to an agent at a writer's conference here in Southern California. Since this is the novel I believe will be my breakthrough piece, it is the one I most want represented by a respectable agent. Personally, I feel that the direct interaction with an agent offers a superior chance at establishing that relationship between myself and an agent ...
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November 27, 2009
- The year I won the San Francisco Writer’s Conference pitch conference, I had just gained some really valuable information in a morning session. (I mentioned this in an earlier Write Nonfiction in November post.) The session was taught by writing-career-coach Teresa LeYung Ryan and public relations/marketing consultant Elisa Southard. I’ve never forgotten the lesson Elisa taught me and ...
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November 14, 2009
- Let’s backtrack for a day to the all-important topic of pitches and query letters. I just received an expert blog post from agent Katharine Sands, editor of Making the Perfect Pitch: How to Catch a Literary Agent's Eye, a collection of pitching wisdom from leading literary agents, and this one makes it well worth revisiting these topics one more time this month. Plus, not only does she ...
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November 8, 2009
- Nonfiction writers looking for traditional book publishing contracts—wanting to sell their manuscripts to small, medium or large traditional publishing houses, need to find themselves literary representation. While finding an agent may not be necessary for many small publishing houses that accept unagented work, most mid-sized and large publishing houses, indeed, only accept agented book ...
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October 24, 2009
- Dear Fellow Writers -- I spent the weekend of Oct. 23-25 at the Surrey International Writers Conference. What an event! Hundreds of attendees: published authors, speakers, agents, managers, and ambitious writers looking for publication. It was a surprisingly friendly and supportive group of people. Somehow, the swords of competition were left behind and nearly everyone I spoke with was ...
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October 8, 2009
- I'm pleased to announce that I have been offered (and accepted) representation by Roger Williams of the Publish or Perish Literary Agency. Roger brings over thirty years of publishing industry experience to the agent table, and our common vision for my future work is entirely in sync...plus he seems to like my writing, which is, of course, the most important thing. ;) This is obviously a big ...
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