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Blogger: Cynthia Ruchti
Are you a fan of the reality competition TV show THE VOICE? Each season’s early episodes start with blind auditions. Four professional musicians/judges/coaches sit with their backs to the stage. They’re listening only to the …
Blogger: Cynthia Ruchti
Marketing plan–two words that shiver the timbers of many a writer, both published and published-in-waiting.
It’s a topic that deserves more than one blog post. But it doesn’t have to call for antacids and prescription painkillers. …
Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
Lately more writers have been asking me if they should hire an editor prior to submitting to agents and/or publishers. Most writers who are going the indie route are using freelance editors as well. I think it’s …
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
“Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an …
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Assumption of the day: “Once I sell my first book to a publishing house, it’s going to be easy to sell the rest of my manuscripts.”
We see …
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Your Platform and Marketing Section
I know I touched on this yesterday, but I’d like to take a more in-depth look at what it means to have a …
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Wednesdays are usually the days when I do a little bit of everything, with coffee in hand, of course! The email box and query box are full (always), …
Wednesday in the Life of an Agent: Negotiating ContractsRead More
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Yesterday we discussed an agent’s response to receiving rejection letters that essentially say, “I loved this book, but I’m going to have to pass.”
Thank you to those …
Blogger: Kathleen Y’Barbo, Publicist
Location: The Woodlands, Texas PR Office
Bragging rights. How many of you cringe when forced to brag about yourself? Count me in your number. There’s something about tooting your own horn that makes the music sound …
Best of the Blog 2009: MARKETING MATTERS: Bragging Rights and the Author’s BioRead More
Blogger: Kathleen Y’Barbo, Publicist
Location: The Woodlands, Texas PR Office
Weather: Heat wave!
WOW! I read some fabulous one-sentence bios in response to last week’s challenge. So many of you have shown your ability to craft a sentence full of …
