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Are You Trying to Break In?

June 28, 2017 //  by Rachelle Gardner//  25 Comments

Blogger: Rachelle Gardner

Have you read Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass? It’s a great book, but if you’re unpublished, it’s too soon to have a breakout novel.

You need a break-in novel.

As an unpublished novelist, you’re in …

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Endurance for the Writing Journey

January 16, 2014 //  by Mary Keeley//  51 Comments

Blogger: Mary Keeley

Authors who achieve their dream of publication share certain habits and traits that bolster their endurance for the long journey to publication and then throughout their publishing career. Negative criticism, discouraging news in the industry, and frustrating …

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Overcoming Writer Frustration

July 25, 2013 //  by Mary Keeley//  54 Comments

Blogger: Mary Keeley

Recently, I’ve had conversations with several clients who are frustrated. Their circumstances are as different as their individual personalities, but there was a common thread: they were frustrated with themselves. It caused me to wonder if there …

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Soapbox: The Importance of Your Book Proposal

July 31, 2012 //  by Wendy Lawton//  58 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Last week I wrote about what constituted a “perfect” pitch— you can find that post here— and promised that this week we’d dig deeper into proposals. I’m not going to talk about the nuts and bolts …

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How important is social media? and other questions.

May 30, 2012 //  by Rachel Kent//  49 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

I was interviewed before the Northwest Christian Writers’ Renewal Conference by writer Kirk Kraft. This blog was posted on the NCWA site originally, but Kirk was kind enough to give me permission to post it here. I …

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