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You reach a milestone when your manuscript is finally “perfect,” and you are now ready to pitch it to agents. Then it dawns on you. “Whoa, I’m actually going to have to TALK to these people.” Yes …
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Blogger: Mary Keeley
You reach a milestone when your manuscript is finally “perfect,” and you are now ready to pitch it to agents. Then it dawns on you. “Whoa, I’m actually going to have to TALK to these people.” Yes …
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Blogger: Mary Keeley
This is the time of year when contests will be won and awards will be announced. A few will get the prize; most will not. Since I am out of the office attending BEA this week, I …
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Blogger: Mary Keeley
Some time ago I posted a list of recommended books on writing here. It isn’t exhaustive and there have been valuable new books written since this blog post. If you’ve been writing for a while, you …
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Blogger: Mary Keeley
For any author who, at one time or another, has felt as if you’ve used up every creative brain cell and have little left to give toward your writing dream, I have words of wisdom from famous …
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Blogger: Mary Keeley
If you have followed our blog for long, you’ve read our posts on the usual must-do’s to progress in your goal of publication: learning craft and practicing it, beginning to grow your reader following as you write …
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Blogger: Mary Keeley
Magnificently written books that readers dive into and remember long after they turn the last page are the goal of all committed writers. But the road to that destination is almost always bumpy and loaded with detours …