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which meant I had no excuse but to dive in. As with most things in life, the first
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night was the hardest. But at each reading I’ve made friends, broadened my author
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July, 2008 (17) microphone quality, lighting and available food.)
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The words “Smack Dab,” “Melt,” “Brain Wash” and the “Sacred Grounds Café” now
May, 2008 (20) roll off my tongue as if I’d been on the scene for decades. I’ve stood elbow to elbow
April, 2008 (18) with scruffy young things and their guitars at the Hotel Utah and I bonded with a
March, 2008 (22) working girl who gave me her undivided attention while I read from Chapter One in
the Tenderloin.
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January, 2008 (22) REVISION FROM READINGS
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November, 2007 (13) You don't have to wait for "something to happen" in order for things to be
happening with your novel. I am out there doing it, living it! And I'm broadening my
October, 2007 (24) exposure for my manuscript. Each time I read, I explore my own text, emphasize
September, 2007 (13) words differently and take chances on intonation and pacing. I’ve absorbed silence
August, 2007 (34) and learned to pause when the belly laughs were so loud and long, even I had to
chuckle at my own writing.
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June, 2007 (33) I don’t know what will happen with Finding Clarity. All I know is that I love it and
7 Things I've Learned So Far love sharing it. And I am delighted that people sit quietly and give me the gift of
their undivided attention when my five minutes on stage has begun.
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Agent Advice (Agent My novel is undergoing a final copy edit as I write this. But I am not on hold.
Interviews) Finding Clarity doesn’t have to come to a bookstore near me for this journey to be
Around the Properties complete. I am living my life by reading my words weekly, in all sorts of glorious,
Author Interviews wild and crazy places. For me, this is what it is to be an author. And now I believe I
just heard the timer. You’ve been a great audience. Thank you so much!
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Agent Barbara Doyen shares her
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Agent Brenda Bowen's "Bunny Eat Bunny"
kids writing blog.
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Cameron, with the Donald Maass Lit
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Buy Guide to Literary Agents and a bunch
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Miss Snark
No longer active, but this blog by
anonymous agent Miss Snark still has
oodles of priceless info in its archives
Nathan Bransford
A popular blog from an agent at Curtis
Brown in San Francisco
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A poetry blog from the editor of Writer's
Market
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Janet Reid's blog where she dissects
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A blog by an agent who specializes in
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Dorchester editor Leah Hultenschmidt
blogs romance.
Script Notes
A WD scriptwriting blog from Chad
Gervich, TV producer
Suzie Townsend
A new assistant agent at FinePrint Literary
blogs.
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Tracy Marchini
An agent from Curtis Brown, Ltd. blogs
Writer Beware
A site dedicated to protecting writers
from scams of all kinds - including
unscrupulous agents
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Primarily devoted to genre fiction, this
site features plenty of interviews with
industry pros
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