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When You’ve Written A Story About Pain

You have a powerful and important story, and I know how badly you’re yearning to share it. Many of you have written personal, vulnerable stories centered around pain. There’s no getting around pain. It’s valuable, instructive, and true to life. […]

Find the Why for Your Book

Recently, many of you have asked a great question: Lucinda, why did you start offering courses to writers? Eleven years into running Lucinda Literary, we serve a larger list of authors than ever before, and the number of agents on […]

How to Make Your Book Look Like a Bestseller

If you attend coaching sessions with Lucinda or have participated in one of our events, you know that one of the things you’ll hear her emphasize time and time again is the importance of comparative titles, known in the industry […]

What Happens After You Land an Agent?

This week, Connor Eck, another agent here at Lucinda Literary, took over our blog to share some valuable insights! Connor represents a wide range of fiction and nonfiction books as well as ghostwriting projects. In this blog, we’ve talked a […]

Q&A with Best-Selling Author Nicola Kraus

It’s one thing to write a novel. It’s quite another to write one that keeps readers up all night flipping pages. Nicola Kraus has managed just this… not once, but multiple times with the NYT best-selling series: The Nanny Diaries, […]

5 Signs Your Memoir Has Traditional Publishing Potential

Memoir is an art that Lucinda Literary cares deeply about, but the marketplace is difficult to break through. We’ve seen and considered hundreds of memoirs in the last 15 years, and today there are more writers than ever ready to […]

Selling Your Novel

On Thursday, December 9th, we’re planning something special for fiction writers: a fireside chat with Lucinda’s new friend, author Stan Parish. This will be an informative and inspiring conversation for novelists—those who have published before, and those who are looking to […]

The Book Proposals We Are Most Excited About

Here’s a question that is often asked in Lucinda’s recent podcast interviews: “What is Lucinda Literary working on right now? What’s a project that excites the agency most?”  With the fall publishing season in full swing, it’s impossible to highlight just […]

The Business of Ghostwriting

Many of you are curious about ghostwriting: whether you’re a professional writer wondering about doing it yourself, or whether you’re a busy entrepreneur, considering engaging an outside expert so you can finally get your book done.  Did you know Michelle […]

Publishing Trends You Don’t Want To Miss

At Lucinda Literary, we’re ready to help you reach your book publishing goals, whatever stage you may be in. One surefire way to keep on top of your game is to stay up to date on industry trends. Publishing is […]