Agents: Needle, meet haystack. Haystack, needle. Part One
I belong to a small chapter of statewide writing club that includes published and unpublished writers. We connect via a monthly meeting and an online newsgroup, sharing tips, tricks, and sucesses....
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(This is Part Two of a blog post about the basics of finding an agent. Read Part One here.) Casting the Net If you want to start gathering agent names for that magical day when you start your...
View ArticleThe Point of Defection
I was at a New Year’s party, talking to one of the guests about favorite books. He mentioned some comics, I mentioned some mysteries. The conversation turned to ongoing storylines: what we liked and...
View ArticleYou Speaka My Language?
I was in a store the other day, trying to spend a gift certificate I received from my mother over the holidays. After twenty minutes of picking things out, I was told at the register that the gift...
View ArticleTell…Don’t Show
Lately I’ve been finding myself sighing, flipping pages, and thinking about my fantasy hockey team while I read the latest New York Times zillion-copy seller. I’ve turned into a serial-skimmer, looking...
View ArticleWhich Ducks? The Author’s Promotional Toolbox: Part II
(This blog post is the second in a two-part series. Read Part I here!) In the first part of this post, I discussed the important of having blurbs or varying lengths for your book and a set of cover...
View ArticleA Reason to Live featured on www.emysterybargains.com!
Hey Folks - If you’re over my April Fool’s scare, why don’t you head on over to www.emysterybargains.com. It’s the brainchild of frequent visitor to this blog, managing editor of Cemetery Dance...
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