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Early Mornings & Crossing Off “Can’t-dos”

Photo Credit: Alan Cleaver Over the past two weeks, I’ve started waking up around 6AM, which gives me an extra hour and a half each morning. I’m tired, but hanging in there, hoping that I’ll be able to adjust and fall asleep earlier soon. When I was in high school and college, I would sleep [...]

Query Critique Contest Winner!

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Congratulations to Vicki Lane, who won a query + 2-page critique from agent extraordinaire, Rebecca Strauss! You’ll be contacted soon with the details : ) Also, stop by Allie Larkin’s website for lots of details on her book tour adventures and tons of STAY reviews! What are you reading this summer? I just finished a [...]

Photos, iMovie Fun & Revisions

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I’m knee deep in revisions at the moment, but I will be coming up for air on Monday! In the meantime, here’s one way I procrastinated this morning–playing around with iMovie and creating a 30 second video of my cats (with music: “Home” by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and “If You Want Me” [...]

Query Contest Extended, Revisions and Running

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*The query + 2-page critique contest has been extended to Friday, June 18th! In other news, I’m running. Sort of. I was inspired by a few Twitter buddies to try the “Couch to 5k” program. I’m only on day 3, but I’m still feeling motivated! I’m spending 10-12 hours a day in front of the [...]

STAY by Allie Larkin & Query Contest

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*Contest is closed. Thanks for all the entries! The winner will be announced on Monday, June 21* I wasn’t surprised when the buzz around STAY began (it is officially released on June 10th). It’s the kind of book you always hope for–the one you can’t put down. The one you stay up until 5AM reading. [...]

From Idea to Novel to Agent

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Above: Picture of the window in front of my desk. I’ve been looking at these curtains a lot lately as I dive back into revising my novel:) While on the writing-a-novel and finding-an-agent journey, I read a lot of blogs. A LOT. The best blog posts were ones that were short and personal. I wanted [...]