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Close-up of a film script titled 'Soul' next to a pen on a wooden desk.

Waiting: The Time Between Pitch and Answer

June 7, 2026 //  by Debbie Alsdorf//  2 Comments

Close-up of a film script titled 'Soul' next to a pen on a wooden desk.

You finally did it.

You polished your proposal, refined your sample chapters, prayed over every word, and hit send. Your pitch is now out of your hands and sitting in an agent’s or editors inbox. Now the waiting begins.

For …

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Day Hikers

January 23, 2022 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  8 Comments

Cynthia Ruchti

In his book Letters from the Mountain (Rabbit Room Press), author Ben Palpant writes to his writer-daughter about this ascent up the mountain called writing. Page after page of this intimate encouragement of a well-traveled author-dad for his …

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What has built your confidence as a writer?

November 21, 2014 //  by Rachel Kent//  88 Comments

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Every writer is on a journey and most author journeys are full of ups and downs. For you to have come to the place that you call yourself a writer, read publishing blogs, and let other people …

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Building the Anticipation of Christmas

December 13, 2013 //  by Rachel Kent//  39 Comments

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The family Christmas tradition that I love is one that I now believe was established by accident and out of necessity. Every Christmas, my parents would have the children wait in the hallway with the door closed …

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