I though I knew what Busy was
Once upon a time I was a high school student with a full load of challenging classes and a job […]
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Revitalized
I went to the world’s best [*] writing conference this weekend. There were many, many reasons to be joyful. I
Such Happy News
Guys, listen. Remember Bright Blue Miracle? And how I love that book? And how it was my first really, really
Publishing Path: Story Time
Once upon a time [1], I got a literary agent. This is one of those things that if you’re not
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Let me introduce you.
Guys. She’s shiny. She’s clean. She’s elegant and silver and has the most perfect action my fingers could ask for.
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My Grandmother, the Author
Today I’d like to introduce you to my Grandma, Leola Seely Anderson. She died years before I was born, but
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The Query Zone and Hard Things (and what makes them Possible)
So when you’re a writer and you’re in the Query Zone, you have these REALLY HARD things[1] to do, which are
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On Ulcers, and Querying, and Rejectamenta
What? A week? It’s been a week since my Last Brilliant Post? How does such a thing happen? I’ll tell
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Joy in the Journey
I read Ann Cannon’s lovely blog post this morning, and I wanted to clap. And cheer. And say “Amen.” But
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Query Class
So writers know that the most intimidating part of the writing process is not the novel, it’s the query letter.