Ellman Joins the Laura Dail Literary Agency
Aspiring author alert… last week, there were various that Tamar Ellman joined the Laura Dail Literary Agency. One report said “she will develop her own client list and sell foreign rights.” Ellman was previously at Sanford Greenburger Associates. This might be a good chance to catch on with an agent looking to build her list.…
continue readingAny Crazy, Desperate, and Fiendishly Creative Aspiring Authors Out There?
One of my absolute favorite stories, and one that certainly makes editors/agents/record executives/movie producers/anyone-in-a-position-to-greenlight-a-creative-project cringe, is Kris Kristofferson landing a helicopter on Johnny Cash’s lawn in order to convince The Man in Black to record some of his music. The legend goes that Kristofferson was sweeping floors at Nashville area recording studios when Johnny Cash…
continue readingKudos to Akashic
There are few things about being an aspiring author that I hate more than when I do everything I’m “supposed to do” and order back copies of a journal, read them cover to cover, examine the submission guidelines, examine the website and online submission guidelines, put together my manuscript properly, send in my SASE, only…
continue readingGrassroots Bookselling
Greg Michalson at Unbridled Books has an interesting post on his blog about the importance of independent bookstores pushing lesser known works. He discusses the problem surrounding “how are you to discover a wonderful book you don’t already know about—that you haven’t specifically gone into the store, on a mission, so to speak, to track…
continue readingFormatting Foul-Ups
I just recently noticed that some of our older interviews have fluky formatting in them. I suppose this happened when we changed servers recently. Or maybe it’s been there for months and I just haven’t seen it. Either way, I’ll work on getting those items corrected this week. So if you’re browsing through our past…
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