by Michelle | Feb 25, 2014 | agenty stuff, authors, bookselling, publishers, publishing, querying, writing
There’s so much more that goes into the decision to represent or acquire a book than simply whether it’s a good story that’s well written. I and probably most others in publishing wish it weren’t, but it’s an inescapable fact that not every book we like or even love...
by Michelle | Feb 18, 2014 | authors, critique groups, editing, my authors, writing
The followed stemmed from a conversation I had with one of my super-amazing authors, Betsy Schow, over pie shakes* during a writers conference last year. Without further ado, I give you Betsy in her infinite wisdom. ***** Allow me to teach you the simple trick of...
by Michelle | Feb 4, 2014 | publicity, publishing, querying, self-promo, social media, writing
Yeah, yeah. I know what you’re thinking. “But haven’t you told us before that there aren’t rules when it comes to writing, and that there are always exceptions?” Okay, well, you got me there. But these rules are so simple and so, like,...
