Oct 10, 2016
Agents are often referred to as business managers for authors, which is fairly accurate. I prefer to think of myself as a partner in your writing business, helping to maximize the business end of things so you can concentrate more on the creative part of being an...
Oct 5, 2016
Today (October 5th) and tomorrow (October 6th), the popular Twitter pitch event #DVPit is back. We’re all excited because last time, Fuse found three new authors: Claribel Ortega, M. M. Hoffman, and Jessi Gibson! What’s #DVPit, you ask? Well here is the...
Oct 3, 2016
I have developed a love-hate relationship with Twitter hashtags. A hashtag is one of the easiest ways to learn which agents want projects in genres the author writes. I’m usually excited to receive a query with one of my hashtag requests on the subject line. The...
Sep 27, 2016
Guest post by Heather Hiestand: Originally, my idea for a British-set hotel-focused series had one critical difference from the Jazz Age tale it became. It was meant to be set in the 1890s, right when “grand hotels” were coming into existence. Of course, it would have...
Sep 14, 2016
Some smart literary agent is going to start a business one day that simply sells subsidiary rights for the millions of indie (aka self-published) authors out there and make a bundle. If you’re an indie author, maybe you didn’t realize that you are leaving a pile of...
Sep 8, 2016
It’s September and the beginning of a new season. Some of you will be attending a slew of writer’s conferences this Fall. I’ve compiled some useful tips so that you can get the most out of your pitch sessions with agents. I’m looking forward to...
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