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MG or YA

Posted in Editing, Marketing, tagged , on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

So in my last post (on Friday), I referred to a problem with my novel.  And as much as I hate dwelling on my problems and pointing them out to the world, it would be a lot less confusing for me if I just made it public.  Then I don’t have to struggle to remember [...]

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Frolicking Backwards

Posted in Book Reviews, Querying, tagged , , on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Thanks to the generous advice of a couple friends, my query letter now seems to be in decent shape. I can’t express how much I appreciate their help. Now if I only had a novel to query for. I suffered a setback this week. A friend kindly informed me of a problem with my manuscript. [...]

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Queries, Part Deux

Posted in Querying, tagged on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

If you’d like to discuss query letters, you’ve come to the right place. As promised last Friday, here is more information about the Excel spreadsheet I created to keep track of my querying process.  The headings I used across the top are: 1.  Agency 2.  Agent’s Name 3.  Address 4.  Email 5.  Website 6.  Include [...]

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Query Frolics

Posted in Querying, Writing, tagged , , , on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This was the most productive week I’ve had in a long time–in regards to writing, that is. It was not a productive week for cleaning the house or sleeping.  But really, those things are overrated.  Some of the credit goes to Jill, for babysitting my son so I could get some work done.  Thanks, Jill! [...]

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Quarrelsome Queries

Posted in Querying, tagged on September 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Over the weekend I spent a lot of time writing my query letter, though I probably should have been working on Book 1 edits.  I need to finish those; otherwise the query letter is pointless!  I’m both excited and apprehensive about editing.  Today I heard back from Marcy and Kim!  They gave me some fabulous [...]

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Planning to Frolic

Posted in Querying, tagged , on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Since Tuesday’s dilemma, I’ve had a change of heart–based partly on the LiveJournal comments and partly on my own honest evaluation.  I know I had a lot of reasons for delaying the query process… but all the reasons involved my worries and zero self-confidence.  I don’t want to talk myself out of querying just because I’m [...]

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To Query or Not to Query

Posted in Editing, Querying, Writing, tagged , , on September 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Before I start Tuesday’s Topic, I have some business to take care of.  I’ve made a few changes to the website that I wanted everyone to know about.  First, I changed the “About Me” page to a “Contact Me” page.  If you go to that page, you’ll see a contact form.  So if you have [...]

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MORE Birthday Frolics

Posted in Writing, tagged on September 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Last week was my son’s birthday, and this week was my husband’s birthday.  September is THE birthday month around here.  Next week my dad, my niece, and my friend Stephanie all have birthdays (Happy Birthday, guys!)!  Fortunately we just had a small party for hubby, or else I would have keeled over.  I feel like [...]

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Describing Urban Fantasy and YA Trends

Posted in Marketing, tagged , on September 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend!  Mine was busy, but tons of fun. We hosted the birthday party on Saturday, hung out with Jill on Sunday, and played tennis with family (including CP-Pat, and test-readers Jeanette, Jill, and Savannah) on Monday. I am sunburnt, sore, and full of ice cream… so overall [...]

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