I finally finished researching the 124 agents AgentQuery.com came up with as representing middle grade books and have made a list of close to 30 who I think will be a) great to work with based on their blog posts and interviews and b) could be interested in my book based on the books they…
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After all this talk about book advances lately, here’s something about the other side of the coin: royalties. Author Lynn Viehl posted on the GenReality blog, in which she’s a member, detailing her first royalty statement after getting on the New York Times bestseller list. This isn’t Viehl’s first book, but it’s her first to reach the NY…
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I’ve spent the entire weekend — on and off in between a few social engagements — investigating literary agents. And I feel as though my head is spinning. First off, I do have an agent who I’ve been following for a while and plan to submit to. I saw her talk in two seminars a couple…
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Ok, so I haven’t been offered an advance for my book yet. I’m still working on a brilliant (I hope) query letter to sell the book. But, there have been a couple interesting Web stories/posts in the last few days about book advances, and it’s something that even yet-to-be-published authors should know about. So, back in March,…
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Today on Day By Day Writer, we welcome debut author Rachel Dillon, a fellow member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators. Rachel is currently doing a blog tour talking about her book Through Endangered Eyes: A Poetic Journey Into the Wild, published by Windward Books. Here’s her bio: Rachel Dillon was born…
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I’m going to be submitting to agents and editors in the next few weeks, after I’ve done a few more tweaks to my manuscript and managed to write a good query letter (which will probably take just as long as it took to write the novel), so it’s a good reminder from literary agent Kristin…
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Here’s some nice news from the industry — mixed with some bad. Borders reported a $185 million loss for its 2008 fiscal year, which ended Jan. 31 — that’s not the good news — but the chain has plans and among them is giving more floorspace to children’s books. Now, that’s good news. Even better, is that…
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A couple weeks ago, I asked if e-books are the future, and linked to two articles that point to an answer of yes. Yesterday, I read an article in PC Magazine called “How to Make E-Books Successful.” In it, Tim Bajarin talks about what the perfect e-book reader should be, such as light, easy to…
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Thanks to Mand, who has contributed a nice new section for the Community Story. Who’s going to be next? Follow on the story from the end of Mand’s post in the comments. And now onto some fun links I’ve stumbled on. First up, Donald Maass, of Donald Maass Literary Agency, is giving away his book…
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Literary agent Nathan Bransford knows his stuff when it comes to publishing, but apparently he knows the future too. On his blog, Bransford posted a message called “Why I’m Optimistic About the Future of Books” on Tuesday. Then today, TWICE.com, a website about the consumer electronics industry, has two stories showing Bransford might really have…
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