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Film Agent Steve Fisher on Jack Reacher 21 Jul 2013 | 04:27 pm
Salt Cay Writers Retreat faculty member Steve Fisher, Vice President of the Agency for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles, recently talked to Karen Dionne about his job as a film agent, what he lo...
Key Questions for a Standout Book Cover by Deanna Dionne 3 Jul 2013 | 11:09 pm
In a bookstore, shoppers feel at home, walking up and down the aisles filled with hundreds of books, perhaps with a coffee in hand. They take their time, looking at each book cover as if in a gallery....
From Good to Great: What Editors Do for Authors by Karen Dionne 2 Jul 2013 | 12:20 am
In all the talk about self-publishing, one thing you don’t often hear discussed is the role of editors. I’m not talking about the editor an author might hire to vet their work prior to publishing it t...
Why Literary Agents Attend Writers Conferences (It’s Not What You Think) by Karen Dionne 2 Apr 2013 | 05:48 pm
As co-founder of the online writers community Backspace, I’ve been organizing the Backspace Writers Conferences held twice-annually in New York City for the past 9 years. Recently a writer who is cons...
Faith and a Box Full of Clock Parts by Karen Dionne 26 Mar 2013 | 03:03 pm
I’m ten years old. My Big Ben-style alarm clock has stopped working. Maybe I wound it too tightly, maybe it’s just worn out. Whatever the reason, the alarm hasn’t gone off in days. I know I can fix i...
10 Tips for Launching A Book Without Losing Your Mind by Randy Susan Meyers 28 Feb 2013 | 01:11 am
Randy Susan Meyers will be on the faculty at the 2013 Backspace Writers Conference May 23-25, New York City Unmitigated panic. Unrelenting fear. Ulcer-inducing worry. Two years ago my book was la...
Jeff Kleinman’s Guidelines to Good Conference Attendeeness 14 Feb 2013 | 07:44 pm
Jeff Kleinman will be on the faculty at the 2013 Backspace Writers Conference May 23-25, New York City Step #1. TALK to fellow participants. A couple of months ago I whined about how tough it ...
The Problem with Middles by Eliza Graham 12 Feb 2013 | 07:03 pm
Midway this way of life we’re bound upon, I woke to find myself in a dark wood, Where the right road was wholly lost and gone. Dante, translated by Dorothy L Sayers. Middles can be hard. When I st...
The Writer’s Guide to Rocking It on Twitter by Molly Jaffa 6 Feb 2013 | 06:51 am
Reposted with permission from Between the Pages You’re a querying or soon-to-be querying writer. You’re on Twitter, doing your research, following agents and editors, carefully choosing which agents ...
Members’ February Releases 1 Feb 2013 | 06:39 pm
Isn’t It Bromantic? by Lauren Baratz-Logsted Having fallen in love in The Bro-Magnet, ultimate man’s man Johnny Smith and D.A. Helen Troy marry at the outset of ISN’T IT BROMANTIC? Never has a sports...
