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Conference Tidbits: Pitching Advice
I am, by no means, an expert on pitching. I can’t write a good query letter to save my life. (Although I think that also ties back to the novels I’ve tried to query and the fact that they were … Continue reading
Posted in General, Writing
Tagged be specific, be succinct, don't pin your hopes on one person, don't take it personal, pitching agents, pitching editors, writing conferences
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Nothing Is Written In Stone
I think as writers we sometimes get caught up in our own stories. In the sense that we come to believe that that’s how it really happened. We’re making up a world, making up characters, making up the events that … Continue reading
Conference Tidbits: Marketing and Promotion
A friend of mine is about to sign their first book deal. (Yay!!) And, as a result, we’ve had a couple chats about marketing and promotion. At the conference I attended earlier this month there was a great presentation on … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, being a writer, focus on your readers, less is sometimes more, marketing, promotion, writing
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Conference Tidbits: Using Self-Pub to Move to Traditional Pub
This came up at the conference and it also came up on one of the forums I read on a regular basis. I think the problem with asking a question like this on a forum is that most of them … Continue reading
Posted in General Musings, Writing
Tagged being a writer, one random person's opinion, self-publishing as a path to trade publishing, self-publishing vs. trade publishing, the easy path rarely survives, writing, writing conferences
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Conference Tidbits: Why You Need An Agent
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I was at a writer’s conference this past weekend and picked up a lot of great information (as usual). It’s interesting because I’ve gone to this particular conference for a few years now … Continue reading
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Tagged agents, being a writer, novels, publication is a business, the agent as a buffer, trade publishing, writing, writing conferences
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That Makes Me Feel Better
When I first decided to self-publish a few of my short stories, I put up a post here on my blog (since removed) that offered anyone who followed the blog one of those short stories for free. I wasn’t trying … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, General, Writing
Tagged attend writing conventions to get agent or editor attention, conversion rates on web traffic, critique sessions, full requests, partial requests, pitch sessions, Seth Godin blog, that sad feeling when you post something and no one responds
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POV Problems: The Series
Writing a novel is hard. Writing a series is liking trying to raise triplets–exponentially more difficult than raising three separate children. There are so many ways that writers can go wrong with a series that aren’t noticeable at the book … Continue reading
Posted in General Musings, Writing
Tagged being a writer, how to write, point of view, reading, series issues, writing
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Oh, Internet How I Have Missed You!
Crazy to think that I grew up without the Internet. How I managed, I do not know. Between doing a cross-country drive, not getting settled into my new place right away, having to wait for a tech to come out … Continue reading
Posted in General, Life
Tagged Amazon/Hachette, general babbling, lack of Internet
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M.H. Lee 