Like most agents (like most anyone), I spend my days juggling a lot of competing priorities. I always have more opportunities — in terms of clients I could take on, editors I could schmooze with, colleagues I could connect with, projects I could work on — than I have actual time and energy. So here’s…
Month: September 2009
Getting Past Go
This is a guest post by the energetic Linda Formichelli, co-author of The Renegade Writer. If you’ve ever fallen asleep at your computer when you should be working, this post will give you some ideas on what to do differently: One of the many reasons freelancers procrastinate on writing, marketing — everything — is that…
Fantastic first lines
Sarah Mason had always thought that when Death finally came calling for her, he would be better-looking. That’s the first line of Karen Robards’ 2006 novel, Vanished. And if you would put down a book that opens like that, there is nothing I can do for you. Here’s the thing: as a reader…