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That was a pretty thrilling sentence to write, so I’ll write it again. I’m getting published! I got a book deal! HOW. Do they know what they’ve done? Are they sure about this? You know what, we’re not going to introduce doubt into this miracle. We’re just going to roll with it. Welcome to the […]
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I have only hit the 50,000 word goal of NaNoWriMo one of the five times I’ve attempted it in my adult life. I still remember the intense rush of elation and giddy relief it gave me, like I’d summited a mountain. I should say that every attempt at National Novel Writing Month is worthwhile, since […]
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As an aspiring author with a completed manuscript, I focused all of my energy on perfecting my query letter, writing a killer synopsis, and researching agents who might love the story I’m telling. Actually signing with an agent was the dream I never thought would come true, but that dream found me last fall. For […]
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I started querying my novel in March of 2019. Sporadically, mind you. When I look back through the query history, I tended to cluster submissions together. A handful in April, one or two in May, half a dozen in June. I took breaks here and there, usually when I got a bit discouraged after another […]
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You know how it is when you’re five books deep into a really rad urban fantasy or thriller series, and these characters are like your family. You know them better than your family. Their past relationships, favorite foods, idiosyncrasies, sleeping habits, deepest secrets. You latch on to every new piece of information like a squirrel […]
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