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Can I Handle Being a Pest?
If I have to, yes. I used to spend hours agonizing about how to approach an editor, or the owner of a micro-press, with questions, requests for updates, clarification of certain points in the guidelines. I didn’t want to “bother” … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, authors, editors, encouragement, networking, persistence, publishing, submissions, the writing life, writers, writing
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We Are Not Alone!
No I’m not referring to extraterrestrials. I’m referring to the hurdles we face in getting published, getting accepted, getting read. I recently saw an article in my local paper titled “The Odds of Getting Hired,” by Angela Copeland. It stated … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, authors, job hunting, networking, publishing, submitting, the writing life, writers, writing
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Fun With Networking
I spent most of this past weekend at the wonderful California Crime Writers Conference, jointly created by the local Sisters in Crime chapter and the local Mystery Writers of America chapter. At left is a picture of me and Vinnie … Continue reading
Talk About Grateful. . .
I didn’t write a post about being grateful at Thanksgiving, but now’s the time. I had coffee a few days ago with a friend who has her own business in a different field from mine. She had mentioned she was planning … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, gratitude, networking, Short Mystery Fiction Society, Sisters In Crime, the writing life, writers, writing
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It’s Not My Fault
I spent the last few days in Toronto at Bouchercon, the be-all and end-all of mystery writers and readers conventions in Toronto. I had vowed I would not bring back a suitcase full of books. Any of you who read … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, books, Bouchercon, networking, publishing, reading, writers' conferences, writing
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You’re a Writer, So . . .
. . . you get the same reactions we have been getting since the creation of dirt. We get questions: where do you get your ideas? We get “help.” “Boy, we should team up and I’ll tell you my life … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, authors, networking, poetry, publishing, the writing life, writers, writing
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Assistance League
Last post I talked a bit about how we writers have to carry our own load of work. That doesn’t mean, however, that writers can’t help each other. In fact, our generosity to each other is one of our best … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, authors, networking, success, wisdom, writers, writing
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