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By: Cristen Iris
October 5, 2019

Client Spotlight: Nutrition Educator and Conservationist Kathy Pollard, MS

Working in the publishing industry gives me the opportunity to apply my time, talent, and energy to ...
By: Cristen Iris
October 5, 2019

The Question You Must Be Able to Answer When Pitching Your Book or Yourself to Speak

If you want literary agents, publishers, and readers to care about your book or event coordinators t...
By: Cristen Iris
September 5, 2019

How to Know When Your Writing Is Good Enough

At a writing workshop I taught, a participant asked, “How will I know when my writing is good ...
By: Cristen Iris
August 15, 2019

5 Tips an Aspiring Author Can Use to Move Up and Get Noticed

Literary agents and publishers regularly receive hundreds to thousands of unsolicited queries and bo...
By: Cristen Iris
August 12, 2019

Get Out and Go–Even if You Have to Borrow Someone Else’s Feet

guest post by Linda K. Olson, aka the No-Legs Grandma and author of Gone: A Memoir of Love, Body, an...
By: Cristen Iris
July 19, 2019

The Job of a Literary Agent and How to Know if They’re Good at It

Contracting with a literary agent and getting a traditional publishing contract remains the holy gra...
By: Cristen Iris
July 9, 2019

How to Avoid Writing a Boring Novel, Memoir, Business, or Self-Help Book

In life, we never achieve anything meaningful without overcoming some fear or wound from our past an...
By: Cristen Iris
June 13, 2025

My Statement of Values

Marc Zicree says, “Your career will be defined by two poles: what you stand for and what you w...
By: Cristen Iris
June 24, 2019

You Can Always Do More Than You Think You Can

guest post by developmental editing client Scott Forrester What have you done recently that was a bi...
By: Cristen Iris
June 8, 2019

Identify and Bridge the Communication Gap to Persuade

Being right is one thing. Being persuasive quite another. Often passionate people–myself inclu...
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