Category Archives: publishers

It’s 2012, has the world ended yet?

Now that’s a tricky question to answer. Why? Because in this last year it seemed like the world of publishing had indeed started the  slow march to extinction. They are being faced with changes that are now starting to effect … Continue reading

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Catching up

As the smell of the fall leaves comes through my window, I thought I should catch you up on a few items. As you can tell I almost never get onto my blog because I am so busy making book … Continue reading

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BLURBS

So….this week I thought I would address all of you out there who are very close to finishing your outline/sample chapter to submit, whether to me, another agent, a publisher, whomever, really. You have labored for months. You are just … Continue reading

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Nothing like a face to face meeting

Email is great–except for you texting weirdos–& the phone is essential, but to me there is nothing like a face to face meeting. In fact I would argue that 10 emails=5 phone calls=1 meeting. And this week has been nice–I … Continue reading

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We’d publish you…if you were someone

Just got back from Edmonton, from the Get Publishing conference held every two years. Met a lot of great new people. The conference  organizers asked me to be part of “Pitch Camp,” where authors can come to see editors, agents, … Continue reading

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Why face to face meetings are important

Toronto Just got back from my biannual (or is it biennial?) trip there, had a great time as usual. (I just checked: it’s biannual.) I started doing this in  2009. An agent I know, a good one, had a look … Continue reading

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