A (Hope)ful Blog

"If you give them an inch, they'll take a mile." My acquisitions editor friend told me this. And although she was referring to a...

What happens if my publisher goes under? It's more common than you think. In the traditional market, authors are bound to experience...

Piggybacking off of our previous article on ageism in publishing, it seems quite a few isms have sneaked its way into the publishing...

Getting a book published is easy, right? Guess again. Hope will walk you through how hard it is to get a traditional book contract.

I always love having authors come stop by this blog, and am so grateful for JPC Allen for making an appearance here for her short story in a

Having been both a client and an agent, I completely understand the frustration of waiting. But agents don't sit on their hands, I promi

You only sold 24 copies of your self-published book and want to go traditional. So why are agents rejecting it?

Before I became a literary agent, I absolutely hated form rejections. After I became a literary agent, I still absolutely hated these.

It took me years to realize I had a lot more people to impress to get a book contract than just an agent and a publisher.

When I started querying at 16, I had no idea what a proposal was. As an agent, I find many people who send submissions don't know all th