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Most writers eventually arrive at the same question: How do I know when my book is actually ready for a literary agent? It’s tempting to believe there is a moment when everything suddenly clicks: the manuscript is finished, the query […]
When Shirley Liu decided she was going to write a book, she didn’t just sit down and start typing. She did something rarer, and smarter: she learned the industry first. Shirley came in with everything an agent wants to see […]
There is no single way into publishing. Katie Tallo is a particularly good example of that. Before becoming the bestselling author of Dark August and, most recently, Where Her Secrets Lie, Katie spent decades working as a screenwriter and director. […]
At Lucinda Literary, we often meet authors who have the pieces of a strong nonfiction book: a clear area of expertise, stories worth telling, and a point of view that can help readers see something differently. But having the pieces […]
If you’ve ever felt uncertain about how to bring your memoir to market, Gretel Patch’s journey shows what’s possible when you match a powerful personal story with expert guidance and a supportive literary community. A mother of four, diplomat’s wife, lifelong storyteller, […]
What happens if you don’t get expert feedback on your book, when it’s most vital? In my experience, not getting the right advice as early as possible is where writers waste years of time, receive hundreds of unanswered agent queries, and lose […]
At Lucinda Literary, we believe the earliest stage of a book’s life, the ideating, shaping, and sharpening that happens long before a manuscript ever reaches an agent’s inbox, is where the real magic happens. That’s exactly the work our newest […]
Dr. Paule Joseph did not set out to write a book. A nurse scientist, TED Fellow, Guggenheim Fellow, and internationally recognized expert on smell, taste, and sensory health, she had spent years studying how our chemical senses shape memory, emotion, […]
What does it really take to write, sell, and sustain a successful nonfiction book today? In a recent Lucinda Literary Q&A, Lucinda Halpern sat down with Ron Friedman, award-winning psychologist and bestselling author of The Best Place to Work, Decoding […]
After years of representing nonfiction authors, I’ve come to believe that the books most likely to get signed — and most likely to sell — share one quality above all others: they pair an original idea with stories readers can’t […]