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The Absolutely Most Important Agent’s Tip For Writers: First Impressions Count
Readers of Ask the Agent know I’m suspicious of the seemingly endless stream of publishing tips that you read in writers publications, blogs, and workshops. Given my skepticism about this kind of sh… more →
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The Absolutely Most Important Agent’s Tip For Writers: First Impressions Count
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wrote 5 days ago: Readers of Ask the Agent know I’m suspicious of the seemingly endless stream of publishing tips th … more →
Elmore Leonard’s Ten Rules For Writing
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wrote 2 months ago: As an agent, I get a lot of fiction submissions. Usually I can tell if I don’t like them by the end … more →
How do I get on Oprah?
wrote 3 months ago: Literary agent, Andy Ross of the Andy Ross Agency in Berkeley spoke recently at the Redwood Writers … more →
The Day I Debated Grover Norquist (And Whipped His Ass).
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wrote 5 months ago: It’s true. In 2000, I debated Grover Norquist, The Lord of Darkness, himself, and got the better … more →
Learning from Lee Child
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wrote 9 months ago: A few weeks ago I was asked to do manuscript evaluations at the Book Passage Mystery Writers Confere … more →
Mary Bisbee-Beek, Freelance Book Publicist
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wrote 10 months ago: Today we are speaking with independent book publicist Mary Bisbee-Beek. Mary has worked in publishin … more →
More Letters Against the Department of Justice Anti-trust Action
wrote 11 months ago: Two very thorough, compelling, and eloquent letters were sent to the Department of Justice today cr … more →
Monopoly, Monopsony, and Oligopoly in Book Publishing
wrote 1 year ago: Most of us got into book publishing because we wanted to make a life immersed in great ideas and … more →
At the San Miguel de Allende Writers Conference
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wrote 1 year ago: San Miguel de Allende Last week I went down to the San Miguel de Allende Writers Conference. All I c … more →
Breaking News: Amazon Removes All Kindle Editions of Independent Publishers Group From Their Site
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wrote 1 year ago: Independent Publishers Group announced yesterday that Amazon.com has removed every Kindle edition of … more →
Linda Gray Sexton Talks About HALF IN LOVE, Her Memoir on Suicide
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wrote 1 year ago: It’s hard reading about suicide. It makes me uncomfortable. It makes me think about the frail … more →
Pitch Session with Literary Agent Andy Ross
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wrote 1 year ago: The seven annual San Miguel Writers’ Conference will be offering Pitch Sessions with Literary Agents … more →
EBook Sales Are (no surprise) Up. Internet Book Sales Are (no surprise) Up.
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wrote 1 year ago: New Statistics have been released by Bowker Pubtrak showing shifts in book sales by Channel and by f … more →
Mary Mackey on Writing Poetry and Fiction
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wrote 1 year ago: Mary Mackey is a novelist, a poet, and a teacher. We interviewed her last year in this blog upon pu … more →
Literary Agent Blogs
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wrote 1 year ago: I attend a lot of writers’ conferences. Most of the people I meet there, not surprisingly, are … more →
Amazon.com Agrees to Collect California Sales Tax
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wrote 1 year ago: Amazon.com has finally agreed to start collecting sales tax for California beginning 2012. Legislati … more →
More Misconceptions About Literary Agents
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wrote 1 year ago: Last week we did a blog post on writers’ misconceptions about the literary agents. Here are a … more →
Writers' Misconceptions About Literary Agents
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wrote 1 year ago: Let’s face it. Most of you who have never worked with a literary agent probably think that the … more →
Forbes Lists the World's Highest Paid Authors
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wrote 1 year ago: Forbes Magazine just released it’s newest list of the world’s highest paid authors. The … more →
