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Great Enough: Thoughts on Self-Publishing

Recently, I mentioned that I don’t intend to self-publish my work. (For the sake of this post, I define self-publishing as hiring my own editor, copyeditor, and perhaps designer; printing copies to sell, or setting up an ebook or print-on-demand structure; and marketing and selling the book on my own.) I’ve said before that everyone’s […]

May 28, 2013

What I Learned While Writing a Novel, Writing

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The How-I-Landed-My-Agent Story

Before I was a freelancer, I worked in the editorial department of Simon & Schuster’s Children’s Publishing Division, for two imprints, Margaret K. McElderry Books and Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Down the hall, a woman named Alexandra Penfold worked for Paula Wiseman Books in a similar capacity (and also shared delicious cakes she made). […]

April 18, 2013

What I Learned While Writing a Novel, Writing

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Ready? Ready.

I am this close to sending my manuscript to my agent, and if she agrees, having her send it out to publishers. Can I get an OMG?   It took about a year for me to write my novel. It took another year for me to edit it. So how in the world did I […]

April 11, 2013

What I Learned While Writing a Novel, Writing

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