A whole series of shoes for J.P., who writes: If an author gets signed with a publisher for a 5-book novel series, for example, because their first book does well, would there be a chance if say the second and third book don’t do so hot that the publisher could […]
Monthly Archives: June 2009
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I’ll let Maureen retell it: I am pleased to tell you that the SEQUEL to 13 Little Blue Envelopes is NOW OFFICIALLY ON.
Thanks to Anna, for reminding me I promised to give another free copy of Vacations From Hell to a random commenter on my post about blurbs. The random winner (thanks to Random.org) is Sonia! Sonia, please email me at daphne.unfeasible@gmail.com with your mailing address, and I’ll get a copy of […]
Rexroth and I just stained our back deck (hopefully it won’t rain this afternoon), and with that major accomplishment out of the way for this weekend, I’m looking forward to heading to the pool tomorrow with my Kindle, my sunblock, and some snacks for a serious readfest. I’m looking forward […]
In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare wrote What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. And what’s the reason for my quoting the Bard today? Well, as I wrote yesterday on Twitter, some authors seem to be trying so very very […]
Intern Jenny and I just went through another batch of queries this morning, and amid a cluster of “Madison”s and “Chosen One”s, I came across several queries with a phrase similar to: “After being unable to find any good novels for this age group, I decided to write one myself.” […]
A conversation starter today, if you don’t mind. I was thinking about blurbs, and how eager we as agents and editors are to get the right people to blurb our books, and I posed the question on Twitter: As readers, how much weight do you put on blurbs? Will you […]
Actual shoes worn by an actual empress for K.R., who contributes today’s About My Query. As always, please chime in in the comments with your thoughts! Dear Daphne, Abigail – Gail, to anyone who wants to keep their teeth – has problems. They start on her sixteenth birthday when the […]
This “love”ly piece of art is for Meg (and is made by Penny Pickles), who writes: Hi. I’ve been looking around the web for information on this, but I keep getting different opinions. Could you tell me how long you expect a synopsis to be? Also, I saw on your […]