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Wendy Lawton

A Retreat to Remember

May 14, 2023 //  by Wendy Lawton//  2 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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Work vs. Rest

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

It’s ironic that on the day we honor labor, I’m beginning a week of vacation. Well, not really vacation since I’m going nowhere. It’s important to recognize when we need a rest from labor. Our creative souls starve for adequate …

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Brain Fitness

July 24, 2022 //  by Wendy Lawton//  24 Comments

We writers have a challenging job. We try to eat healthy, drink water, move our muscles and improve our health to keep up with the pace of marketing and deadlines without flatlining along the way. All are important for fitness …

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What Not to Say

June 5, 2022 //  by Wendy Lawton//  21 Comments

Several years ago I outlined these ten no-nos. With conference season in full swing I thought a refresher would be a good thing. Plenty of blogs tell you how to approach an agent, what to say and how to say …

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What Now?

April 17, 2022 //  by Wendy Lawton//  9 Comments

Remember those days when we worked so hard to get published? Did you ever think that publication would only be the beginning of a new set of worries? As aspiring writers we were fixated on the prize– representation and an …

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