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Story Skeleton—Little Women
December 27, 2021
It’s interesting to consider how Alcott may have completed Jo’s arc were she given artistic freedom to write as she pleased.
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Book Broker – an interview with Rach Crawford
December 22, 2021
If you’re writing a query letter and the description of your plot begins with something that happens in chapter three or four, that’s a good sign that you may be including too much preamble.
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Book Broker – an interview with Kate Johnson
December 20, 2021
When a proposal is competing against a hundred others for my time and attention, the more polished submission is going to win.
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Write What You Know—And What You Don't
December 18, 2021
Yes, we’re creators, storytellers, fabricators extraordinaire, and hopefully, empaths, but we’re not body snatchers—or soul snatchers for that matter.
- On the craft
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Book Broker – an interview with Lynn Johnston
December 16, 2021
The ability to distill a complex topic into consumable ideas shows the author has command of the material. If you can do that in the submission, you've already beaten the odds.
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Book Broker – an interview with Malaga Baldi
December 15, 2021
I love finding the one. Making it real.
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Literary agents on personalization in query letters
December 15, 2021
"Honestly, if the query spells my name right and falls within the category I represent, that’s enough personalization for me."
- On querying
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Success Story with Eric Lard
December 13, 2021
I was so excited to actually finish my manuscript that I totally ignored the next most important thing about writing: getting people to read it.
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Resource Review: Meander, Spiral, Explode
November 29, 2021
I felt wary of the word “plot” and turned up my nose at outlines.
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Slushpile Standouts: episode five
November 24, 2021
What snags and red flags will land your work in the bin rather than on the shortlist?
- On the craft
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Book Broker – an interview with Danielle Svetcov
November 22, 2021
What usually scares me off: a character waking up in the very first line of a book.
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Cupcake Conundrum (Congrats, Dola!)
November 04, 2021
A big congrats to Darling Axe editor Dola Basu Singh on the release of her new cozy mystery novel!
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