Pitch Perfect: Instant Branding for Authors

Posted September 1, 2009 at 10:01 am
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If you’ve been at a writers’ conference recently, or any major book convention, you’ve probably seen them: slightly harried but always inquisitive publishing professionals, whose eyes and ears are wide open even when they’re at their most exhausted, looking for the Next Big Thing. Or the Current Big Thing who’s thinking about a career change. Or the Maybe Big Thing who just needs a push in the right direction. Some of these professionals are agents at the beginning of their careers, or editors who just got that all-important “go” to acquire. But some are also industry giants, who know that today’s newcomer will be tomorrow’s superstar. All of them are on the lookout for talent. And they never know when it might be standing in the elevator next to them. (more…)