Category : celebrity babble | Posted : Sep 28th, 2007
Yeah. I admit it. I read Perez Hilton. A lot. I’ve tried to get over this addiction (affliction?) but can’t seem to break myself. Anyway, Perez wants the world to boycott Britney and judging by the thousand + reader comments, the world (at least, the world that’s not slacking off at work) is now pissed […]
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Category : uncategorized | Posted : Sep 24th, 2007
It is said that one of the worst things you can do for yourself as a writer is read up on all the discouraging tales about trying to get published. I do that. I’ve also been known to engage in another practice that’s bad for writers and that is to track the progress of other […]
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Category : uncategorized | Posted : Sep 21st, 2007
This one was in a hurry. I mailed my query last Friday–from Nevada to New York–and received my response, by mail, today. That’s an impressive turn-around!
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Category : sin city | Posted : Sep 21st, 2007
Category : uncategorized | Posted : Sep 20th, 2007
So today after getting my third rejection (not such an alarming situation, but slightly “get off your ass” when your closest local friend slash future publicist and 22-year-old assistant slash target audience test reader start to panic), I decided to switch tactics and target men in my search for a new literary agent. So fueled […]
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Category : uncategorized | Posted : Sep 20th, 2007
I’m on the hunt for a new literary agent right now. The search is exciting and distressing. So far I’ve gotten 3 rejections (out of 11 queries) and though I keep reminding myself that it’s likely at least 95% of all those approached will come back with a “no thanks,” I can’t help but lie […]
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