by kn literary | Mar 21, 2020 | Editing, Editor, Love + Books, Publishing, Writing
Readers hold a high standard for books because of the expectations set by traditional publishers. That means that whether you’re going the self-publishing or traditional publishing route, you need to meet the current market standard. We all know traditional houses...
by Kelly Notaras | Mar 6, 2020 | Editing, Editor, Love + Books, Publishing, Writing
Some of the biggest questions for authors who want to traditionally publish is, Will I find an agent to represent my book? What, specifically, does an agent do? And if I want one, how do I best position myself for success? That’s why we decided to sit down with our...
by Kelly Notaras | Jan 17, 2020 | Editing, Editor, Love + Books, Publishing, Writing
I was scrolling through my feed on Instagram when I came across a picture of a pile of journals by bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert. In the caption she wrote: “The journals of 2019. My companions, my teachers. Each book is a handprint in time that says: ‘I was...
by Kelly Notaras | Jan 3, 2020 | Editing, Editor, Love + Books, Publishing, Writing
It’s a new year and a good time to reflect and create a new path, using writing as a tool. As writers everywhere are frantically pressing toward finishing their works in progress and fretting over whether their book babies will ever get to the book shelves and...
by Kelly Notaras | Dec 13, 2019 | Editing, Editor, Love + Books, Publishing, Writing
If you’re anything like me, you can while away an entire weekend with a bottomless cup o’ tea and an amazing memoir. And for us personal transformation junkies, memoir is a double hit of goodness. How so? The best memoirs center on the author’s biggest, most important...
by Kelly Notaras | Nov 29, 2019 | Editing, Editor, Love + Books, Publishing, Writing
By the time I launched my first book, I had already been in the industry for 20 years. So I’d had the great fortune of seeing what had worked for other people—and what hadn’t. Suffice it to say, I’d learned a lot. Including the fact that an author’s work doesn’t stop...
