Tag: querying
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Guns at Walmart, Guns at Yoga.
I was thinking about guns recently. Who isn’t, amirite? In my town, a man was arrested after wandering through the aisles of Walmart, on his phone, talking about “popping people”. When police apprehended him in the lawn and garden area, they found he had guns in his backpack. Okay, so he was armed, but it…
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My Multitudes.
If you read my last blog, then you know that I had a spurt of confidence and rebellion. I was all like, “I don’t need them, I’m going to do this all on my own!” There were practically little army soldiers charging out my fingertips, trampling over the keys, hungry for victory. I appreciate their…
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Spam Folders
I started querying last August. I spent days researching agents. I tried to only contact the ones that had worked with Authors I’d read and loved. I started with the books that I thought were comparable to my manuscript. I carefully crafted the query. I adjusted each one to cater to each agent, as their…