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Art and Fear
We all struggle as writers and creative types. From the influences beyond and within, we each seek to become what we are meant to be. Last week a few of my clients were discussing this very thing when recently crowned National Ambassador for Young People's Literature...
Social media, conferences, and pitch events
For a long time, many writers have believed that who they know is essential to getting published (hint: knowing people doesn't hurt, but what you really need is a great book and some luck). In pursuit of getting to know people, those writers who can often head to...
Client A.R. Kahler Nominated for 2 Awards!
I couldn't be prouder of my client, debut author Alex "A.R." Kahler, whose The Immortal Circus fantasy series from Amazon's 47North imprint has been nominated now for two book awards. Here's the press release that says it all! --Laurie A.R. Kahler/Kindra Nikole...
Keep Your Options Open
Recently, I heard some scary tales of option clauses gone wrong that really made my hair stand on end. First, in case you don't know what that is, an option clause is often found in publishing contracts. It gives the current publisher the right to look at the author's...
Image Expo Wrap Up
Image Expo Wrap Up (or A Comics Show in Bulleted Lists) I split time between the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the Cartoon Art Museum yesterday to check in on what’s new with Big 4 comics publisher, Image. Publisher Eric Stephenson kicked off the event with some...
Wild Irresponsible Predictions for 2014
During our last agency Facebook chat of the year, I asked all the agents for their predictions for 2014. We came up with some doozies. I want to share some of them with you here: Gordon: The death of mass market paperback. Emily: There will be some class action...
Jill’s Happy Author Protips
Hello everyone! Laurie invited me over to talk about anything related to publishing/writing, so I thought I’d share some tips for how to stay sane in this business. It’s not easy! I’ve been with Laurie almost 8 years, and I was first published with Harlequin in 2008....
Our favorite books of 2013
2013 was a great year for books. Everyone here had so many we enjoyed, so we thought we'd each share a list of some of our favorites. (None of them are books we agented, so these are unbiased picks!) It was difficult to narrow our lists down to just five each. We...
On Setting Goals and Getting Shit Done
By the time we finish buying all the things, eating all the things, and drinking all the things, it will be 2014. I suggest not waiting until this happens: “Ow, dude. My head.” “Shhh. Not so loud.” “So, what are your new year’s resolutions?” “Uh…” The best time to...
Revising Month
In our last blog post, Danielle spoke a bit about not resting on your laurels after finishing a novel. I thought that, since it's just after NaNoWriMo, now would be a good time to talk about the next step--revising! Sometimes people skip over the revising step--that...
