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I just took a look at my schedule for this weekend’s conference in Madison, and yowza, I’ll be spending a lot of time in pitch sessions. This spurs excitement and anxiety in authors and agents alike. We’re excited to find new potential clients, but as with the slush...

I think there is some mystery shrouded around what agents do to prepare for a submission. After you sign with your agent the next big step is going on sub. Your agent will approach editors with your manuscript to try to sell it to the house the editor works for. So...

Today is my birthday, and I'm taking the day off to be with the family I all too often forsake for work. So I've been ruminating about everything that's happened to me in the past year and trust me, it's been quite a year. That led me to quickly research what's...

Traditional News: Ally Condie scores deal with Dutton Children’s Books (a Penguin imprint) for two new novels Melville House, a publisher based out of Brooklyn, announces their plans to open a new company (Melville House UK) in London. Penguin changes their...

Last week my wonderful client Nicole Evelina wrote on her blog Through the Mists of Time about the importance of social media for authors. If you take nothing else away from either her  post or mine, at least take the lesson from the title of her post: Social Media...

I love connecting with the writing community, whether I’m teaching seminars, delivering rousing keynote speeches to rival NPR’s The Delicious Dish, or seeking out new clients at pitchfests across the country. I highly encourage you to get out there, make those...

  Each Friday we will share a post full of useful and fun publishing news of the week.   Digital news: “Hybrid author” Jennifer L. Armentrout signs a three-book, six-figure deal with Avon (HarperCollins) for her self-published novel, WAIT FOR YOU. The book...

After reading Jennifer Armentrout's news this week I began to think a lot about self publishing. The stigma of writing a book and publishing it yourself is gone. The need for acceptance by the big five houses in NYC is irrelevant. The big five need you. They need your...

The world of publishing is evolving so rapidly sometimes I think I’m in a science fiction movie and can’t get out! The pace of change is so head spinning, I can’t even create a presentation more than a week ahead of time because a news announcement might occur (and...