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Query Hell and the Literary Agent’s Eye

Posted on August 8, 2012 24 Comments

Write a 119,000 word novel? No problem. Write a query? Shoot me now. I have been working on my query letter for over a month now. It has gone through the careful eyes of several, trusted Beta editors and STILL opinions vary as to which version they like (I have roughly five variations). I am […]

Writing the Critical First Kiss

Posted on August 4, 2012 10 Comments

When it comes to definitive moments in film and literature, the first kiss is a daunting mountain to scale. For a director or actor, the first kiss must convey the chemistry and memorability of the people they portray. The success of such a critical moment on film is often owed to that sought after, golden […]

Should YA authors be YA readers?

Posted on July 27, 2012 4 Comments

Time magazine columnist, Joel Stein, argued that adult readers should act like, well, ADULTS and not be reading YA novels. Stein states that, “The only thing more embarrassing than catching a guy on the plane looking at pornography on his computer is seeing a guy on the plane reading “The Hunger Games.” Or a Twilight […]

Do you Rock when you Write?

Posted on July 20, 2012 7 Comments

I once posed the question about music and the art of writing to a bunch of other scribes on Agent Query Connect (a great site with similar crazy souls like myself). Their answers were near unanimous: music is our muse. When I began writing more than fifteen years ago, I listened to a variety of […]