Letters from the Loveseat – Query Letter Minutiae
By Jennie Goloboy Sometimes authors worry they’re doing something minor and avoidable in their query letters that may cause me to reject them. So for the…
Observations from the Ottoman – After the Call
By Stacey Graham What happens after the confetti is swept up, the champagne drunk, and the silent glaring from other writers fade after you receive “The…
Wisdom from the Writing Desk – Pay Attention to Fall
By Erik Hane If you’re anything like me, you’re very glad that it’s almost Labor Day; summer is too hot, too humid, too stifling. The editors…
Feedback from the Futon: The importance of beta readers
By Liz Rahn Sharing your manuscript with someone can be fairly nerve wracking. You’ve spent hundreds of hours working on it, most likely by yourself, getting…
Letters from the Loveseat – It’s Never Too Late
By Jennie Goloboy There’s one scene in Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead that I’ve never been able to forget– even though I read it in high school–…
Notes from the Armchair: The Curious Case of the Comp Title
By Laura Zats Agents. We’re all the same. All of us are sitting behind our computers, yelling into the void, asking for someone to send…
Updates from the Sofa – July 2017
By Dawn Frederick I feel I keep repeating myself in that I never anticipated the type of growth my baby agency would have upon branching out…
Life beyond the “book” – The life of an agent
By Dawn Frederick Life, as we all know, happens. Sometimes it’s due to things in our control, other times not so much. Either way rolling with…
Observations from the Ottoman: Writing is like beach flick
By Stacey Graham Writing is like A 1950s teenage beach flick, except with more flirting and less friendly dolphins. Let me explain: 1. You…
Wisdom from the Writing Desk: Cracking the Code
By Erik Hane Writers are very justifiably concerned with a fundamental question: will my book sell? It’s a question less about the author’s individual work than…
