Blogger: Rachel Kent
When you get a publishing contract to sign, it’s important to read it because it’s a legal, binding document between you and the publisher. Even if your agent has already read the contract and thinks it looks …
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Praying for Your Publishing House and Editors
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Bethany House hosts a prayer day on their blog the first Sunday of every month for the authors with releases that month. How cool is that?! I know many CBA publishing houses spend time in prayer about …
Let’s Talk About an Author Website
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Sitting in for Wendy Lawton busy preparing for a writer’s conference.
Let’s talk about author websites today.
While you can get plenty of advice and tutorials from many spots, I want to talk about my experience with …
What to Write Next?
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Sitting in for the traveling Wendy Lawton
I’ve spent most of the last week in a flu delirium haunted by a nagging question, “what to write next?”
As I floated in and out of consciousness, heroines whose …
Can a Writing Career Be Planned?
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
What does an agent mean when she says career planning is a big part of what she does with her clients? Isn’t that a bit like saying you paddled your boat through the Colorado River white …
How to face discouragement: Advice from published authors.
Blogger: Rachel Kent
I asked some published authors to share with us what they do when they become discouraged in their writing. This happens to everybody, even those who are published!
Multi-published authors still experience rejections and sometimes have heartbreaking …
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Writing Contests and Timing
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Filling in for Mary Keeley who is traveling today.
If you’re a writer, have you entered any contests?
I spoke with some writers recently who asked about the value of contests.
One had had a bad experience …
Is All Publicity Good?
Blogger: Rachel Kent
While I was in Orlando, FL for the International Christian Retail Show (ICRS), I checked Yahoo news and saw that they were reporting a failed publicity stunt for Grey–the new book by the Fifty Shades of …
First Titles of Famous Works: How did your book get its title?
Blogger: Rachel Kent
I came across an article in The Huffington Post about classic books and their original titles. Most of them are SO different from the true title of the work.
Here is a brief list, but be sure …
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Three Things that Surprised Me About Publishing
All of our agents have slipped out of the office to spend the holidays with their families. We’ve picked from previous posts “The Best of” for your reading pleasure and pondering. Our office opens on January 5, 2015, and we’ll …