Thick skin, warm heart

It’s a simple fact: We’re all critics, and we’re all critiqued. I’m not just talking about critiques of our writing. I’m talking about reviews of our fashion choices, our parenting, our politics, our partners; everything that we are, everything we do, is fodder for critique. And we all do it. Come on now, admit it. [...]

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Times change, but querying agents stays the same (mostly).

When I first began querying agents and editors in the 90′s (Yes, it’s true–years ago, in certain genres, you could submit unsolicited manuscripts to publishing houses, AND, even more amazing, expect and receive lovely, personalized responses!), I was writing romance novels and I used something called the Romance Writer’s Pink Pages in my quest for [...]

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