Category Archives: Social media

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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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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On my way east- the glamorous life of a literary agent

Well, it’s that time of year again,  the pilgrimage to Toronto-the land of broken dreams and hard to reach publishers.   About twice a year I like to go and meet face to face with the publishers that I sell my … Continue reading

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An Agent at the Olympics

Wow, it’s been ages since I’ve written on here. I guess I’m not cut out to be with the blogging trends. A lot of people chastise me for not jumping on the bandwagon of twitter and flickr and all those … Continue reading

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