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Leveraging Thought Leadership Podcast Featuring Lucinda Halpern

Recently, Lucinda went on Leveraging Thought Leadership with Peter Winick and Bill Sherman. She dispelled myths that first-time authors have about publishing: Having a literary agent guarantees you a book deal; book contracts are too complicated for a normal person […]

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 […]

Feeling Confused About Publishing Advice?

Are you feeling confused about publishing advice? Let’s chat! We’ve gathered together a few of the recent questions we’ve heard from you and the (actual) truths to reveal from Lucinda:  Q: I’m told certain works are more marketable than others […]

Are you struggling to get an agent’s attention?

We have been hearing that many of you are at work on book proposals, but after months of this labor of love, you’re just not feeling confident that your proposal is ready for agents and publishers. You may be asking:  […]

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 […]

Meet Our Newest Agent at Lucinda Literary

We welcomed Roseanne to Lucinda Literary at the start of the year, and couldn’t be happier to have her on board. Recently, Lucinda spoke with Roseanne about her particular approach to agenting as someone who’s represented authors for over 12 […]