It is really disappointing to face rejection and sometimes it is rejection after rejection until there are no agents or publishers left to pitch to. When you seemingly hit the end of the road, what do you do?
There are …
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Self or Trad: What Do They Share in Common?
Self or Trad: What do they share in common? Great question.
We’ve seen an undeniably radical increase in writers choosing self-publishing. Why? Innovations in technology, access to higher quality materials and options, and the shrinking of traditional publishing slots that …
Planting Seeds: Five Suggestions to Prepare Your Author Website for 2025
It’s early December, but I’ve noticed that while we’re locked and loaded on preparing for Christmas, the fitness industry is ramping up its advertising for the inevitable January obsession with getting in shape and kale. While I am a fitness …
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Publishing Timeline
The other day I received an email from a potential client asking me if I would have an answer for him about representation quickly because he was counting on his book releasing from a traditional publisher this year. He felt …
Five Things I Wish I Knew Earlier
Twenty five years ago I signed my first official publishing contract. I knew very little about publishing and even less about what to expect personally. I was in my early forties, a ministry leader in a large mega-church when contacted …
After the Ink Dries: Three First-Time Authors Share Their Publisher Journeys After the Contract is Signed
What is it really like after an author finally signs that first contract? Does someone from the publishing company give a newly-contracted author a cigar and robe for writing and a golden key to lasting platform success? All of that …
What’s Trending, Timeless, or Tender?
Is your query or manuscript still marketable or do you need to shift gears to a new topic or update your existing one?
It’s not unusual for me to hear a pitch from someone who has been working on a …
Tips for Improving your Query Letter
If you are submitting query letters into the sea of literary agents and editors and you aren’t getting any bites, the reason could be one of these below. Also, it’s important to keep in mind that your query is one …
Changes in Literary Agency Life since 2004
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Sitting in for Janet Grant.
Changes at a Literary Agency since 2004
I’ve been working for Books & Such since January 2004.
(It’s now called Books and Such Literary Management).
I initially signed on to help with …
In the Waiting
Dreams chase us as writers.
We have vision to write words that will help others and the big dream that those words will actually be published one day. But when days turn to weeks, months and years, the insecurity and …