Archive - Agents and Books

How To Tell if Your Book Idea is Any Good

Even Before You Write the Whole Thing

Aug 28 •

Why Do We Always Expect the Number to Go Up?

Which numbers? All of them.

Aug 26 •

Dispatches from the Slush Pile

An assortment of thoughts

Aug 21 •

On Trust, Dumb Jokes, and Amusement Park Rides

What I learned on my summer vacation

Aug 19 •

Diamond in the Rough Edition

Aug 15 •

Destination: Publication?

Lindsay King-Miller on the Journey of Writing and Publishing

Aug 12 •

July 2025

How do you like them apples edition

Jul 31 •

Mattie Lubchansky and The Simplicity of It All

an interview about promo, touring, and cute shoes

Jul 29 •

Super Deluxe Bonus Extra Edition

Jul 24 •

Honest Answers to the Questions New Clients Ask on the First Call

It's both 👍 and 👎

Jul 22 •

Genre Scaffolding

What's holding up your beautiful story?

Jul 17 •

How to Write a Book with a Big Pitch

A conversation with Jo Piazza

Jul 15 •

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