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It’s rewrites and beer o’clock!
ICYMI, Harper Voyager (the specfic branch of big-sixer Harper Collins) is throwing wide its submission doors for two weeks in October to unagented, unsolicited FULL manuscripts. HV publishes bigwigs like Richard Kadrey, Gregory Maguire, Kim Harrison, Clive Barker, Jack … Continue reading →
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Tagged amwriting, christopher moore, cj cherryh, clive barker, cory doctorow, editing, gregory maguire, harper voyager, jack mcdevitt, kim harrison, october, open submission, querying, revising, revision, richard kadrey, s.m. stirling, self editing, unagented manuscripts, unsolicited manuscripts, writing
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Getting Back on the [redacted] Horse
I got a rejection letter two weeks ago. Yay! Whatever, I get a lot of them. It’s part of the querying process, where you bare your soul and months’ (or years’, or whatever) worth of brain-melting, fingertip-blistering, sleep-depriving, dark-bag-forming, friend-losing, … Continue reading →
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Tagged agents, amwriting, get back on the fucking horse, query letters, querying, rejections, revisions, shut up and write, writing, writing a novel
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The Importance of Synopsizing
Writing a synopsis! It’s awful. Especially for those of us on Team Pants (not to be confused with Team Bella), and eschew all manner of plotting, character summaries, chapter outlines, and scene lists. Because really, who wants to do those? … Continue reading →
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Tagged faith hunter, kalayna price, magical words, query letters, querying, synopsis, synopsizing, writing, writing a novel, writing a synopsis
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