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How Not to Be the Literary Agent From Hell

May 16, 2016

Recently our local writers’ guild put on a one-day “Pitchfest” in which attendees like me had brief appointments with literary agents who'd been invited to see what talent they might discover within our midst.  I am indie published, but I’m writing a romantic mystery series which could be a good fit for some publishers, so I decided I’d give it a whirl.  I chose agents who stated they were looking for new writers in that genre (among others) and I spent considerable time prepping for my ... VIEW POST

Filed Under: blog Tagged With: literary agent, pitch sessions, publishing, writers, writing craft, writing life

Why Kindle Scout Makes Sense to Me …

August 27, 2015

...But Might Not Make Sense to You. Have you heard of the (relatively) new quasi-crowdshare program called Kindle Scout?  I say “quasi” because it doesn’t involve donating money, but it is all about reader input. Kindle Scout launched last fall, but is apparently still so new that many of the Kindle customer service operators I spoke to recently hadn’t even heard of it! I did get my questions answered eventually, however, so I decided to put my latest novel, The Depth of Beauty, into the ... VIEW POST

Filed Under: blog Tagged With: DeanWesley SMith, J.M. Sherman, Jim Jackson, Kindle Scout, Kristine Katherine Rusch, publishing, writing

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