Ask Daphne! Rexroth requests a family tree

Here’s an OLD question from my draft file, but something that may be useful to you! Rexroth asks
You know what I want to see? I want to see the family tree of publishers. Who are the Grandparents (and what do they do), and who are their kids (and what do they do), [...]

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Now What?

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

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

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

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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