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Rejection Letter Translations: What am I REALLY saying?
When I say, “I’m not the best agent for your work,” what I really mean is: 1. Although this looks interesting, or although I think you can write, I really, really, really don’t represent thrillers,...
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Friday Ramble: On Getting Personal With Your Writing
Oh. Em. Gee. (hahaha, yes, I just did that!) I’m such a bad blogger. I should be flogged as a blogger who hasn’t posted in TWO AND A HALF WEEKS. But alas! Since I’m the boss of me and the … Continue...
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Manuscript requests, Movies, and Wishes: Thinking about 3 Things
is the first odd prime number and the second smallest prime. It’s also easy to make lists of three. Like when one isn’t sure what to blog about, for instance… The last three actual books I read : 1....
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Ten Queries, Ten Rejections: Wanna Know Why?
Recently, I dove into the slush. Here’s why I said no to some of the queries that were there… Not my cup of tea. A memoir needs to be knock ‘em dead unique or by a celebrity or by someone … Continue...
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Lit Agent Fairy Dust: The Path to Making Dreams Come True
With the Writing and Yoga Retreat just two weeks away, I’ve been so ridiculously busy that my head is spinning. It’s so tempting to say “literally spinning” but can you imagine if it was literally...
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For Writers: How to Take Your Character on Vacation
I want to give you all a little tasty morsel of the juicyness of my buddy Stefanie Lipsey’s style of inspiring writers… We are co-hosting the Writing and Yoga Retreat 2013 at The Glen Cove Mansion...
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True Story Flash Fiction Contest: When a Lot of Nothing Happens
Early yesterday morning, I was still in bed in my pajamas, and my teenaged kids were still in their pajamas, and my son tentatively knocked on my bedroom door. “Mom,” he said, “there’s a police...
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True Story Flash Fiction Contest: We Have a Winner!!!
So, the assignment was: How would you have written this true story? I know that left a LOT of room for interpretation. There wasn’t a right or wrong way to do this, so thanks to everyone who sent in a...
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Guest Post: Being a Writer by Natasha Sinel
First of all, thank you so much to Linda Epstein and Stefanie Lipsey for thinking up the Writing Yoga Retreat and then making it happen. And thank you to Twitter for showing me Linda’s tweet at the...
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Guest Blog: I’m Obnoxious & That’s Okay
I’m not shy. This is not a shock for people who’ve met me. But I do suffer from a bit of social anxiety. It’s the anxiety of trying to be myself without being obnoxious. Turns out, that’s impossible....
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On my train ride to the Writing Yoga Retreat, I watched an old episode of The Rachel Zoe Project. “Watched” is too generous. I played the episode on my phone as I tended to my worries. What if I miss …...
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Closed to Unsolicited Submissions Until October
I am closed to unsolicited submissions until October 1st. I will respond to all queries that were sent prior to August14th and am still reading submissions from conferences by anyone whom I’ve...
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GUEST POST: How to be a Writer and a Stay-at-home Parent
Congratulations! You are pregnant, or your partner is pregnant, or the long wait for adoption or fostering has finally come through and someday soon you, yes you, will have the dreamy, exhausting, and...
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GUEST POST: Writing using Scrivener — how it’s done
I’ve used a variety of tools since taking up writing, but I’m going to talk about the one I’ve settled on for the majority of my work. It’s called Scrivener, and there’s a good chance you’ve heard...
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GUEST POST: The Guilty Writer
So I ran into a friend at the grocery store around 5:30 p.m. and she was like, “Oh my god! Why are you here?” But it wasn’t a question. “I have to be here now,” she said. “But you? You … Continue...
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GUEST POST: Three Tips on Querying Agents based on My Recent Experience
As a delighted new client of the lovely Linda Epstein, I am thrilled to share three quick tips on landing a sweet agent. Tip 1: Don’t send your manuscript out before it’s ready. Duh. Even before I sent...
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GUEST POST: Dear Unlikable Teen Protagonist: Don’t Ever Change, Man. (Part 1)
I’ve given birth to a prickly teen (if you’re more literal, you’ll be experiencing a bad visual right about now—I apologize). Her name is Pen and she’s the star of my work-in-progress (WIP) Boifriend....
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GUEST POST: Dear Unlikable Teen Protagonist: Don’t Ever Change, Man. (Part 2)
Last time, I talked about the way teen protagonists can be deemed unlikable based on characteristics that are inherent to being a teenager. It’s kind of unfair, isn’t it? Well, today I’m here to talk...
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Random Acts of Writing: Knock Knock!
In honor of NaNoWriMo, I’m spending the month of November offering you all some writing prompts! Here’s the game: A few times each week I’m posting a picture and a setup. Your task is to write 500...
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Associate Agent Linda Epstein at The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency is seeking an intern starting January 2014 for 15-hours/week, 5-hours in her Long Island home office reading queries, doing...
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