Submission fail
So today, this post is inspired by my own idiocy. I spent a ton of time writing my book. Revising it. Editing it. Revising it again. And again. The query letter took weeks. I sent out the query to five...
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To be like a shark
Before my husband was my husband, he used to have this little saying that went something like, “women are like sharks. They’re always moving forward.” Whatever. It was him being nervous-guy about not...
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My meat computer is a Mac
Not too long ago, I wondered if maybe it was time to give this stupid dream of being a writer and go back to a snug, secure cubicle. I understand cubicles, having spent nine years in one. Rejection...
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My querying odyssey
When I began seriously pursuing publication, I decided then and there to aim impossibly high (because I’m just masochistic like that). I wanted the same thing that many (but not all!) writers want: a...
View ArticleExciting things!
So. It’s been a while since I blogged. I’m aware of that. I smack my hand. A few interesting things have happened. 1. My poor, orphaned manuscript, The Black Bird of the Gallows, (the one that lost its...
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One contract signed…
I’m so pleased to announce I have a new literary agent. I am represented by Beth Miller of Writers House. See? That’s me, above, jumping. Mentally, that is. I don’t jump around in my general life. Have...
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