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Triple Check Before Posting
There are things I’d love to say about authors behaving badly. Or perhaps, more accurately, cluelessly. (General note: coercing or buying reviews, never a good idea. And the Internet has a very, very long memory. And avoiding the negative implications … Continue reading
Posted in General Musings, Writing
Tagged bad choices, being a writer, pay attention to detail, professionalism, writing
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Think Like A Professional
I try not to bash other writers as much as I possibly can on here, because well…karma. And class. And it’s just poor form. But I have to say that something a fellow author did the other day has really … Continue reading
Posted in General Musings, Writing
Tagged being a writer, discretion, professionalism, the long con, writing, you may think differently in ten years
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The Three Year Itch
Kristine Kathryn Rusch had an interesting post up this week on the Business Rusch: Reality Check. It’s worth a read for anyone who wants to do this writing thing for the long-haul. I found this quote interesting: “It usually takes about … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, General Musings, Writing
Tagged being a writer, Kristine Kathryn Rusch blog, Nano, perseverance, professionalism, writing
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Staying Positive
In between walking the new puppy about fifteen times a day and comforting her over the thunderstorm we had tonight, I’ve been trolling writer’s forums again. And for some reason I’m really noticing the people who have flipped over from … Continue reading
Posted in General Musings
Tagged being a writer, it's ok to step away for a bit, perseverance, positive attitude, positivity matters, professionalism, writing
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If You Want to Write, Master Grammar
First, I am really not the world’s foremost expert on grammar issues. I suck at figuring out whether to use lay vs. lie. Just suck at it. And it seems I have a may vs. might issue as well. So, … Continue reading
Posted in General Musings, Writing
Tagged being a writer, beta readers, editing, grammar, professionalism, writing
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Advice on Submissions and Rejection and All That Jazz
So I’ve been pretty self-focused lately. (It’s actually much easier to write a post about whatever randomness is on my mind in a particular moment than it is to look at links I’ve bookmarked and says something coherent about them, … Continue reading
Short and random
It’s one of those days. I spent the morning writing up a fifteen page response to a request for information and then I took off and met my mom for lunch. (And managed to buy two more new books, but … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Life, Writing
Tagged being a writer, dream author, Editorial Ass blog, Hayibo, professionalism, writing
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Query Letters (Part 2)
So, today I finish (hopefully) imparting the advice I heard at the conference related to query letters. (Hmm…that’s a terrible sentence. Don’t write like that in your query.) Ok, a few sobering stats from one of the agencies: -25,000 queries received per … Continue reading
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Tagged being a writer, professionalism, queries, writing, writing conferences
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Query Letters (Part 1)
(Random aside before I start – I wonder if the 6,000 word response I wrote to handle my PITA issue counts towards that million words I need to write before I can actually write well. If so, I am going … Continue reading
Posted in General, Writing
Tagged being a writer, Kristin Nelson blog, professionalism, queries, SlushPile Hell blog, writing, writing conferences
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M.H. Lee 