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Paul thinks I should update you on my search for representation thing. I think this may be the first step on a descending spiral of madness and despair, but what do I know? So. On Friday an agent (one of those at the very top of my shortlist of favourites) asked to see a partial […]
July 25, 2011 by Kandace Mavrick
So. Er. Some clarity. Or: A thing you ought to know (that may or may not make me appear more sane when babbling later on). If you know this already you can to skip this bit. Otherwise, this will function as a history lesson. I wrote The Path of the Monster as the creative component […]
July 21, 2011 by Kandace Mavrick
“You need a comma. Because it wasn’t the farmhouse that was seeking answers.” “How do you know?”
July 19, 2011 by Kandace Mavrick
I submitted my first batch of queries yesterday. Apparently I was supposed to tell people that. There. I’ve told. I didn’t say anything because it’s not time for celebration, it’s just the dawn of a widening chasm of hopelessness and despair *ahem* I mean, patient waiting period. There will be cautious optimism if one of […]
July 18, 2011 by Kandace Mavrick
In between writing query letters I’ve been writing a synopsis. Where ‘writing’ is composing a sentence and then thinking, ‘well, that’s stupid’, writing another and glaring at it, and then deleting both and starting again. Which is made worse by the fact that I’ve already done this once. But that was back when the first […]
July 16, 2011 by Kandace Mavrick
A query letter is a tricky piece of writing. It has to excite the interest of the reader while being informative, condense the basic plot to a couple of sentences that still give a clear indication of what’s in the book, be funny and sound like your book while still being professional, tell them about […]
July 14, 2011 by Kandace Mavrick
I remember sitting in a writing class as an undergrad and having a lecturer telling us that selling our work, schmoozing and so forth was almost as important as good writing. And I saw people exchanging matching glances that said quite clearly, But I decided to be a writer so I wouldn’t have to talk […]
July 13, 2011 by Kandace Mavrick
So, I want ‘the next thing’ to be finishing editing the second book, and writing the third one. And then maybe writing something else entirely. Maybe something science fiction that I’ve been dreaming about (yes, literally, dreaming). But instead, I’m being good. I’m doing research, I’m writing query letters, I’m sending my words into the […]
July 11, 2011 by Kandace Mavrick
I finished the book. Every time I say this to someone they look at me, kind of perplexed, and say something like, “You finish books all the time…” With their expression saying, Why is this suddenly news? And I say, “No, the one I’m writing.” And they say, “Oh.” But they don’t look much less […]
platform thing 
July 26, 2011 by Kandace Mavrick
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