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Guest blog

ByRachel August 2, 2009 0 Comments

Today is Sunday, which means guest blogging over at SM Blooding and friends. Visit Sm Blooding for all sorts of writing advice: the character-driven plot, query letters, fitting writing into your busy schedule, and more. RHDavis

First Published Review!

ByRachel July 31, 2009 1 Comment

My first published review of fiction is up at Thiszine. It's a review of Hannah Berry's graphic novel BRITTEN AND BRULIGHTLY. Go here for the full review. RHDavis

Writing at home — a "real" job?

ByRachel July 30, 2009 4 Comments

Is writing at home a real job? Maybe for Steven King. But is it a real job for aspiring authors who haven't been published and aren't seeing any money yet? Most authors (including me) think so, but there are always those who disagree, who see it as a lazy excuse to stay home. The great write-at-home debate has finally been settled in the Yahoo universe. This Yahoo news article officially...

Encouragement

ByRachel July 29, 2009 2 Comments

With everything we authors have to keep in mind (the ins-and-outs of writing, the ins-and-outs of publishing, the habits, the marketing, etc.) we often forget one important item: positive feedback! I got positive feedback on FLYNN today. We're talking the kind of feedback where my reader stayed up late because she couldn't stop reading, and can't imagine that FLYNN won't get published. After...

Query Letter Guidelines

ByRachel July 28, 2009 2 Comments

What does a good query letter look like? Well, that depends on who you ask. Frustrating as it is, different sources will give you different query letter guidelines. I know this because I'm in the process of querying for FLYNN, and have read two books and several web sites on the subject. Here are the guidelines which seem to be consistent. A query should: give a concise description of the...