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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Forget New Year’s resolutions…This year I’m scheming a writers’ revolution. Scribblers, let’s shake things up out there. Are you with me?! If so, grab a megaphone and repeat after me: “In 2010, my goal is not to get an agent … Continue reading
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| Tagged chocalate lava sauce, resolutions, writing revolution
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This morning, uberagent @MichaelBourret tweeted it’s “noticeably quiet today.” Too quiet. It’s time for a snowstorm of query tomfoolery. It’s time to pull a Cameron Frye. Remember when Cameron and Ferris skitter downtown in the middle of an Oktoberfest Parade? “Ladies … Continue reading
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| Tagged Amish techno-thriller, Cameron Frye, Ferris Bueller, Michael Bourret, queries, Tomfoolery, weinerschnitzel
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Erm, I don’t really have anything exciting to share about myself this week. But, I do have some SPECTACULAR NEWS to share about one of my friends/superheroes/mentors, A. Lee Martinez. Alex’s bestseller, Gil’s All Fright Diner, is going HOLLYWOOD. Dreamworks has attached director Barry … Continue reading
I’ve added footnotes to this sterling query letter. Enjoy. (1)Dear Agent: (2) Are you terrified of death? (3) Imagine a world where sparkling, flesh eating zombies roam freely across the countryside. (4) By reading my novel, you will experience the … Continue reading
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| Tagged agents, Indoor Smores, query letter, rejection, Writing
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Now, I know you’re not going to believe this, but…sometimes I’m a know-it-all pompous buttocks. Yeah, it’s a stretch to imagine that. Really. Sometimes, in the face of ridiculous ignorance, I run into a telephone booth, rip off my International … Continue reading
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| Tagged hermione granger, humble pie, magical realism, pomposity
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Oh, yes. I am well acquainted with the heartbreak of rejection. I mean the writing kind, folks. (Not the kind of rejection I got in fourth grade when I slipped a box of Russell Stover chocolates into my dreamboat crush’s … Continue reading
