by Michelle | Sep 1, 2015 | agenty stuff, authors, conferences, I like, nitty gritty, querying, recent
Last week on Twitter, some agents got to talking about pitch sessions at writing conferences. It was a good discussion with responses that pretty much echoed the others: While we love attending conferences and meeting writers, pitch sessions themselves are ineffective...
by Michelle | Apr 14, 2014 | agenty stuff, authors, nitty gritty, rant, respect
The other day Shannon Hale (who I adore and who is one of the most giving authors I know) wrote up a post called I Am Not Accessible about how she just doesn’t have time to respond to emails from readers. There are so so so many things I would like to do that I...
by Michelle | Jul 10, 2013 | agenty stuff, authors, blogging, bookselling, nitty gritty, publicity, publishing, rant, reading, respect, reviewing, self-promo, social media, writing
I was reminded again recently of a discussion I started a year ago about writers blogging about writing. The original tweet that started the discussion: I wish more writers would blog/tweet about things OTHER THAN WRITING. When you’ve READ as many as I have,...
by Michelle | Feb 14, 2013 | authors, nitty gritty, publishers, publishing
I recently did a buttload of research on U.S. copyright laws, for both my own writing (thanks, Faker’s Guide to the Classics) and as a presenter on a panel discussing copyright for authors. I’ve condensed that info here to focus on the basics, plus links...
by Michelle | Nov 18, 2011 | agenty stuff, authors, editing, nitty gritty, publishers, publishing, querying, writing
Apocryphal stories abound of how many rejections it took this famous author to get an agent or another author to get a book deal. I actually laugh when people think Stephenie Meyer got so many rejections prior to her book deal. Hooboy! that’s a good one. Because...
