Now What?

October 12th, 2009

So I gave two workshops this weekend at the Douglas County Libraries’ Author Extravaganza. The first was much like a live version of an About My Query post, with my “do”s and “don’t”s of general querying tagged on as well. I quickly figured out that an hour was not enough time to go [...]

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Shelf Life

August 3rd, 2009

I think I’ve admitted before my love for Entertainment Weekly. Not only is it the only magazine I still subscribe to, but I love their PopWatch blog for up-to-the-minute reporting on all things entertainment. My one beef? The three, maybe four if I’m lucky, pages that they devote to covering books in [...]

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On the Second day of Christmas Vacation

December 23rd, 2008

Daphne shared with me a question from Gabby, who emails, “I’m writing a book… I was wondering if you have any advice on literary agents or any you recommend.” Normally, a question like this sends me running for the hills — there’s just SO much I can say — but in the spirit of the holidays, I’ll answer it.

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Something to aspire to

May 22nd, 2008

We’re not up there yet, but I’m definitely looking at Writer’s Digest list of the 101 Best Sites for Writers as something to aim for in the future.

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Track those submissions!

April 8th, 2008

Yes, NASA has a pretty sweet system, but all you need as a writer is a simple tracking system. And yes, I firmly believe you NEED one. This is something you should have in place before you send out your first query. I don’t want to tell you how many queries I’ve received that rightly sound familiar — a quick check of my email archives, and I can see that not only did I already receive the query within the last three months, but I already responded.

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