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A good query letter is one that gets them to call you

July 16, 2011 by

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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 […]

Gosh, I’m brilliant, wouldn’t you like to publish me?

July 14, 2011 by

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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 […]

The Next Thing

July 13, 2011 by

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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 […]