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Time to revamp myself
on Jun 6, 2008 in Art Director Publishing Editor Children Books ACWIC Work Literary Agent Singapore Journal Illustrator Publishing Business I feel jet lag today. It's as though I just landed from another planet.Last night after ACWIC, I brought Hannah and Heather to watch Moonbird. The play is based on Joyce Dunbar's beautiful story about a prince who is deaf and how his parents (the kin...
Contemplating
on Nov 12, 2008 in All posts Creative writing Fantasy Fiction My work Novels On writing Publishing Short stories creating a story Diane Chamberlain literary agent synopsis writing a novel Look for my short story “Nothing but Trouble” in Word Catalyst’s December issue. I received this rather disturbing feedback from an agent about THE MAGIC QUILT: The book appears to be a combination of historical fiction and fantasy...
12 Signs That You Might Be A Literary Agent
on Jan 29, 2009 in 12 Signs Literary Agent Parody Humor 1. When you move you leave a trail of bubbling, green slime behind you.2. Have invested heavily in paper shredders.3. Growled at your husband: “If I have to read one more goddamn vampire novel and I’m going to bite someone in the neck.”4. T...
Randomness
on Mar 4, 2009 in Randomness Arts Autism Capri French fries Health Literary agent Memoir Tattoo **Found this image upon entering “random” in Wikipedia. Apparently it’s the scientific representation of a “random walk” I feel like things have been pretty darn heavy up in the ToThink haus here, so how about I share...
#QueryFail and 50 Reasons Why No One Wants to Publish Your First Book
on Mar 12, 2009 in Blogging Getting published Publishing news agent american idol first book hell's kitchen Kindle literary agent publish query queryfail submission guidelines Allan Mott at Bookgasm.com wrote a clever and amusing list titled 50 Reasons Why No One Wants to Publish Your First Book. Most are so outrageous that there’s no question why a particular book idea wouldn’t be considered by any publisher.