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Query Letters 101
Recently, I saw a comment on the blog of a fellow writer, whom I now follow (because she’s just cool), saying that it’s difficult to know just how to craft a query letter that will work. So much...
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The Waiting Game
I’ve heard a lot of people from many different professions cite the oft-uttered phrase, “hurry up and wait”, to describe their work. Some of the professions that claim the phrase are the military,...
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Update on “The Waiting Game”
Hello all! So, I just spent a few glorious days in the woods with my husband and a few awesome friends, after finally receiving a reply from the agent with whom I hope to work on “Guts and Glory”. It...
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So. Fed. Up.
Some days it just feels like everything you do to write, promote and publish your work is about as effective as beating your head against a concrete wall. And the worst part is, it’s not the agents you...
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Overhaulin’
So, you may have noticed a few changes going on around here. Don’t worry. It’s just a bit of site overhauling I’ve been doing in order to streamline my dual publishing careers. I will continue to...
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Taking a Deep Breath and Jumping Back In
It’s never easy to be rejected. No matter how many times it happens, it hurts. But when you’ve gotten SOCLOSE that you’ve allowed your hopes to fly higher than ever before, the fall, when it comes, is...
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My Top Five Reasons for Self-Publishing
There seems to be a general attitude among many (read: not all), in the professional writing community that those authors who self-publish are “giving up”, “lazy”, or simply “not talented enough to...
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Media Page is Up!
Hi! Many of you showed interest in my adding a media page here, with links to my public appearances, interviews, and etc. So after a bit of research and deciding exactly how I wanted to go about it,...
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The Self-Publishing Myth
Okay, I’m going to be perfectly honest here: There is one myth going around about self-publishing vs. trade-publishing that I am tired of reading. Seriously tired of it. So today I am going to give it...
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I Get Knocked Down
… and… you know the rest. So, my uber-awesome agency rejected “Guts and Glory” in the end. I’m not entirely surprised. I mean, I was amazed that they asked for a full in the first place, all things...
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