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Welcome Connor Goldsmith
A new agent has joined us. His name is Connor Goldsmith and he spent the last year at Lowenstein Associates in New York. Find out more about him on his agent page here, and follow him on Twitter @dreamoforgonon Welcome aboard, Connor!
10 Queries, Again
If you are a querying writer, chances are you are a fan of the #10queries hashtag on Twitter. Honestly, I'm a huge fan too. I like seeing what my follow agents are getting in their inboxes (and feeling better that I'm not the only one who gets a significant number of...
How to Find a Literary Agent
People often ask me at conferences, “How do I find an agent?” To that, I say, “Hello. You’ve found one.” But it’s not just about finding an agent. There are agents everywhere. The important part is finding the best agent for your work. So how do you do that?...
Copyrights and wrongs
Let's talk about copyright. It's very important to authors, since it's how they make their money. But I've seen and heard a lot of people misunderstand copyright. (Disclaimer: My knowledge of copyright comes from US law. Foreign authors may wish to seek information...
Looking Back on Our First Year!
I have to be honest. It kind of snuck up on me. We've been working so hard to BE THE CHANGE happening in digital publishing, it almost slipped by. I looked at the calendar this morning and realized that March 1st is our one year anniversary. Can't believe 12 months...
AWP: A Poet’s Retrospective by Tanya Chernov
From the first poetry class I took as an undergrad in 1999 to the day I resigned as poetry and translations editor of The Los Angeles Review this past fall, identifying myself as a poet also felt such a solitary act. As if declaring oneself an aspiring or professional...
What I’m Currently Looking for in Historical Fiction
For years and years I've been all about European royalty in my historical fiction. Don't get me wrong, I still am right now, in fact I'm currently reading the newest of Sharon Kay Penman's novels about the Angevin Plantagenets (think: Richard the Lionheart). I'm still...
San Francisco Writers Conference
Event: San Francisco Writers Conference Location: Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco, CA Length: 4 days + classes Cost: $725 general admission; $50 Speed Dating with Agents, $99-$198 open enrollment classes Attendance: 325 Website: https://sfwriters.org Overheard: "I'm...
The Reading Olympics
The Sochi Winter Olympics are upon us. There are some of us who are refusing to watch and others who can't get enough. But either way you're going to need some book recommendations to fill the time--because if you watch the Olympics when they end they leave a hole in...
San Francisco Writers Conference
It's almost here! My hometown writers conference. And since San Francisco is second only to New York in publishing prowess, it's quite a town for a writers event. Next Thursday through Sunday at the historic Mark Hopkins Hotel, writers, editors, agents and other pros...
