Hook that Agent!
(Image by lovestruck. via Flickr) On Tuesday I posted on The Writer’s Achilles’ Heel where I told you there were two words that struck fear into a writer’s stalwart heart: Synopsis and Query. I posted...
View ArticleCover me Irresistible
First Impressions Count In life everything we see makes an impression on us. Both the really good and the really bad stick in our memories. We also make impressions on others. But there is only one...
View ArticleThe Many Ways to Skin a Cat | Maria V. Snyder
Blog Series: Researching “The Many Ways to Skin a Cat” in Publishing Over the next few weeks I am going to be looking at all the ways “to skin a cat” in publishing. I am going to interview and...
View Article#CoffinHop … Haunted by the dark
So we are a day away from the end of Coffin Hop 2012. Just like last year it has been a BLAST. However it is not over until it is over so don’t feel glum. If you have not had a chance to hit up all the...
View ArticleTo Pitch or not to Pitch?
Pitch 101 (Aside: This will be a long post but you may learn a new way to pitch your next story. Let’s find out how to hook that agent/editor.) Recently, I attended a writing conference. Now, why do...
View ArticleTaking a New Road
Some exciting news in the pipeline for this writer...taking a new road...
View ArticlePublishing your book: Be market savvy. Be reader savvy.
This week I have been considering the reader which brings me to consider the writer. Too often as a writer, we tend to underestimate our reader. We do this by adding too much exposition in our dialogue...
View ArticleSynopsis: Are you in or out of Sync?
Recently I completed an online workshop run by Savvy Authors. The course was called Pass the Shovel. In this course each lesson was about breaking down your story, your plot, your voice, your dialogue...
View ArticleLean on me
Image by acute_tomato via Flickr Sometimes in our lives we all have pain We all have sorrow But if we are wise We know that there’s always tomorrow Lean on me, when you’re not strong And I’ll be your...
View ArticleTime Saving Steps for your WIP
This evening, I received one of my daily emails called: Thought for Today. This is an email sent by the Oprah website and which I get every day. It has a mesh of little tidbits of advice, ranging from...
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