After five decades of rejections, Stephen Bentar — who sold most of his books one at a time — is getting recognition for his writing. A great example of perseverance. Tips on promoting your books from debut author Wendy Webb and JA Konrath. Agent Sarah LaPolla at Curtis Brown LTD is taking on clients: Sarah [...]

I found out about two fun sites for writers. The Guide to Grammar and Writing and the WordCounter. For the latter, I loaded in a first chapter and it told me which words were used most and how many times. In an interview at Novelists Inc., Random House Senior Editor Shauna Summers says she works [...]

We’re having our first agent guest blogger this Monday, the fabulous Jennifer Schober from Spencerhill Associates. She’s written a great blog and she’s taking questions. Be sure to stop off and comment. Agent Jessica Faust from Bookends posted her New and Updated Publishing Dictionary. She says it’s an “ever-popular post.” Agent Donald Maass wrote a [...]