GIFT IDEAS FOR WRITERS
Writers can be difficult to buy gifts for. Most are not clothes horses, unless you are talking about sweats, socks,[…]
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Month: November 2023
The Turkey Situation
You know how it is when you need to post a blog on Monday (today). But first comes Thanksgiving, which[…]
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Hope You All Had a Great Thanksgiving
The day after Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite days of the year. I don’t shop. I never[…]
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Is There a Best Time to Pitch a Book? Five Strategies for Success
We’ve all heard stories about successful authors who could literally wallpaper their offices with rejection letters. We’ve also heard about first-time authors whose manuscript was snapped up on their very first attempt at querying. Querying an agent or acquiring editor at a publishing house can be a complicated, lengthy, and frustrating experience. But are there proven strategies for giving your manuscript the very best chance of acceptance? Turns out there are.
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Historical Sleuths
I’ve been gathering research for a stand alone mystery set in 1926, for writing next year, while at the same[…]
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6 Agents Looking for Your Mystery Now!
There are a lot of literary agents out there. AgentQuery lists more than 950 who represent mysteries. But, many of[…]
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WHY WON’T JUST STOP OIL, JUST STOP? Why should they?
The British environmental activist group, Just Stop Oil, calls for the UK to stop licensing new oil, gas or coal[…]
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5 Ways ChatGPT (or Other AI) Can Help You, Without Writing FOR You
It’s been about a year since ChatGPT demonstrated our scariest science fiction scenarios were looming on the horizon. And yet,[…]
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An Author’s Responsibility
I’ve invited Nev March, an award winning author of crime fiction, to share her thoughts on an author’s responsibility to[…]
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PENS: Picking Your Writing Weapon
I am unabashedly obsessed with pens. I make no apologies. I am a writer and pens are the instruments of[…]
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