Ask Daphne! Who Should Contact You?

Shoes befitting any woman in power, for Kathy, who writes: I’m a screenwriter, and I have a manager for that (also an agent). My manager feels that SHE should query you (the agent), while I think I should, because the agent/client relationship is different in publishing (in film, you barely deal with your agent — [...]

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Ask Daphne! How narrow should I be?

It’s very difficult to find narrow shoes (I know, I’ve gone shoe shopping with my mom), but these Stuart Weitzman beauties do come in narrow, for S.M., who asks: How narrow should the genre be in a query letter? Do I go for the most general genre (i.e., commercial fiction) or try and narrow it [...]

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Ask Daphne! About that other contest…

No, again, not MY Contest! Heather writes about the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest: I’ve recently quarterfinaled in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. I haven’t queried since the quarterfinalists were announced, but I have several prior submissions still pending review. My question is whether participating in ABNA is something an author should mention when querying, [...]

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You, Only Smaller

The charming Rexroth shared an interesting post this past weekend by Seth Godin about avatar pictures, and how to choose the best one. I’m not sure I’m one to really give advice on the subject, since my Facebook and Twitter avatars are shoes, but I do follow his guidelines on some of my more personal [...]

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Ask Daphne! Special Turkey Day Edition

This is, according to Google, Trevor the Turkey, who loves shoes almost as much as I do. And so, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, a list of things I’m thankful for:

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