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Question from the comments : "Many literary agents say that they have to "fall in love" with the book in order to represent ...

I read a nice blog post the other day that inspired this -- but it is something I say when I give talks all the time: There's a lot o...

This weekend, I was at the League of Vermont Writers event and somebody asked me a question which sparked a memory which sparked an anecdote...

Look I'm NOT talking about you here. YOU are somebody who is seeking out knowledge and absorbing it like a sponge. YOU are somebody th...

Just in time for the Fourth of July, a sparkling start for a promising new series. -- Kirkus On the same day that the enormous flag that i...

I have to preface this post by saying, I know nothing at all about gardening. I grew up in a city, with a little concrete patio that had som...

HEY GUYS! I am going to be in Austin TX next week for the awesome Writer's League of Texas Agent Conference and I have been tasked wi...

Q: Would you like to receive a query from a prospective writer prior to meeting them at a conference? I got this question on Twitter last ni...

Often on Writerly Internet Message Boards, if you are around them in the "agent" section for more than two nanoseconds, you'll...

I know, I know, I'm probably preaching to the choir here, and I'm sure nobody who NEEDS this info will actually read it. But it need...

Last week I participated in the Backspace conference . During a panel, somebody asked me about WRITING CONTESTS. How do I feel about them, a...

Sometimes people say "YOU CAN'T GET AN AGENT UNLESS YOU KNOW SOMEBODY!" or "YOU CAN'T GET AN AGENT UNLESS YOU ARE PUB...

Desperate in Vermont asks: What do most authors DO at bookstore events? Do they simply read from their work? Or do they tell stories about t...

UPDATED 5/9/12: The lovely Laura L. Sullivan has changed her website so it now features the info I highlighted in this post. So now the exam...

I've seen a lot of outraged links this weekend to a certain commentary by Orson Scott Card. Frankly, I don't have the energy to find...

You know the old saying. It isn't just sound egg-maintenance theory. It also applies to many things in the writing life. Including wri...

I complained the other day on Twitter about Courier font. Here's my problem with Courier : Aside from being rather ugly (to me), it is...

Every time I go to a writers conference, I give the same advice to newbie kids book authors: Read read read. Have patience. Don't foll...

darrellcurts asked: I know I am getting way, way, WAY ahead of myself considering I do not have an agent or publisher but, how long shoul...

Hey there kids -- So as you may have noticed, I didn't do an open thread this month. (You may also NOT have noticed, in which case I f...