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Approaching an agent with a project in hopes of having your work represented is sometimes a complicated process. As mentioned in a blog post earlier this month, agents wear many hats. One of them is Talent Scout. …
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blogger: Cynthia Ruchti
Approaching an agent with a project in hopes of having your work represented is sometimes a complicated process. As mentioned in a blog post earlier this month, agents wear many hats. One of them is Talent Scout. …
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blogger: Cynthia Ruchti
Among the many questions agents field at writers conference where newcomers to the industry are in attendance are these: …
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blogger: Cynthia Ruchti
Are you a writer waiting on the world to change?
A recent article in The Guardian noted that readers in the general market have been turning away from doom and gloom books …
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blogger: Cynthia Ruchti
Taking writing tips from vinyl? Is that a thing?
Vinyl is in retrograde, in a good way. Vinyl records are experiencing a resurgence among the hippest, hippiest, (and hippy-est), and among younger generations who find anything vintage …
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blogger: Cynthia Ruchti
What’s your book’s texture?
Although we could talk about slick or matte-finish covers, about smooth or deckled edges of the pages, or the feel of a hardcover book compared to that of a paperback, for today’s purposes, …
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Blogger: Cynthia Ruchti
Word counts. They ramp the tension for writers on deadlines. They confound new writers who discover too late that the average contemporary romance is not 400,000 words, as are their debut unpublished epics. Word counts are …
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In a few days, beautiful wrapped boxes or tissue-paper jammed gift bags will be handed to friends and family. The recipients may not express it, but their subconscious thoughts …
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Blogger: Cynthia Ruchti
Acrostics! That’s the word I was looking for. Anagram? No. Acronym? Nope. Oh, this language with which we are tasked to write!
And these few brain cells with which to work.