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Wendy Lawton

A Brutally Honest Blog

October 28, 2023 //  by Wendy Lawton//  6 Comments

I’m thinking it’s time for some brutal truth, but don’t fear– there will be lots of encouraging ideas toward the end.

How many of us, when telling someone the story of a life-changing challenge, have been told, “You should write …

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A Dozen Best Things About Being a Writer in 2023

September 17, 2023 //  by Wendy Lawton//  6 Comments

Too often we talk about how tough the writing world is these days. Today let me turn the tables and talk about some of the best things about being a writer today in 2023.

A Dozen Best Things About Being

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Scribbler’s Nibbles

August 6, 2023 //  by Wendy Lawton//  2 Comments

Lately, I’ve been spending much of my free time in the kitchen. I made up my mind to lean into probiotics by making things like brined pickles and sourdough bread.  I also wanted to finally master cooking fish. It’s coming …

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Creating Your Own Style Sheet

June 24, 2023 //  by Wendy Lawton//  5 Comments

I was recently talking to Brittany Stonestreet, a friend who is finishing up her Masters in Publishing at the prestigious Emerson College in Boston. She mentioned she was just completing the style sheet for her newest YA novel. I
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A Retreat to Remember

May 14, 2023 //  by Wendy Lawton//  3 Comments

I’m still jet-lagged from my cross-country flight home from Savannah, Georgia, but the afterglow of our eighth Books & Such Retreat has not begun to ebb. What is it about spending time with those who understand what our life is …

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Avoid Character Labels

April 2, 2023 //  by Wendy Lawton//  7 Comments

I read a fiction manuscript last week that described a character as a cripple. I winced when I read the word and stopped to think about why I had such an immediate revulsion. After all, it was historical fiction and …

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How to Avoid the Historical Fiction Wall-Banger

February 19, 2023 //  by Wendy Lawton//  32 Comments

Let’s talk about what makes an historical novel a wall-banger. That’s what author Elizabeth Chadwick calls the kind of book that annoys the reader enough to chuck it at the wall in disgust. Medieval mysteries have been my dessert reading …

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New Year • New Challenge

January 8, 2023 //  by Wendy Lawton//  15 Comments

Did you set a new challenge for the new year? A few months ago, I asked my primary care physician what I could do to remain cognitively sharp as I age,  He’s a young guy and the best doctor I’ve …

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Is There a Perfect Time to Submit?

December 4, 2022 //  by Wendy Lawton//  4 Comments

Ever since I became an agent, I’ve been trying to figure out the rhythm of this industry— the perfect time to submit proposals. Every industry has “seasons” and because we agents are always trying to second-guess things, we are ever …

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If Wishes were Horses. . .

October 16, 2022 //  by Wendy Lawton//  27 Comments

Ever wonder what a literary agent wishes for? Let me tell you a few things I wish for on the last star of the morning or when I blow out the candles on the birthday cake.

Wish #1: That …

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