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Suzanne Linn Kamata commented on Mary Dingee Fillmore's article [SWP: Behind the Book] My Journey to Publishing An Address in Amsterdam: How the story of Amsterdam’s Jews became mine

October 2016

The book sounds wonderful!

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Suzanne Linn Kamata posted an article Suzanne Kamata Finalist for $50,000 Half the World Global Literati Award; Winner of Best...

July 2016

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Suzanne Linn Kamata commented on Nava Atlas's article Literary Rejection: Overcoming the Hurt, Recognizing the Blessings (+ a Giveaway!)

June 2014

I liked your Facebook page. My current novel was rejected by many agents, including one who wrote to me a year and a half later to find out if I was still unagented. She was still thinking about my novel, and had changed her mind. She is now my...

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Suzanne Linn Kamata commented on Zetta Brown's article [Reality Check] - Life After the MFA: Fantasy or Reality?

June 2014

I'm in the middle of an MFA through the University of British Columbia in Vancouver right now. I've published three novels, a short story collection and over a hundred essays, articles and stories in publications such as Real Simple, Brain, Child,...

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Suzanne Linn Kamata commented on Anjali Mitter Duva's article Planning a Book Launch, Month by Month

April 2014

Love the cover!

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Suzanne Linn Kamata commented on Mary Adler's article [SWP: BEHIND THE BOOK] What I Learned About Using Song Lyrics While Writing "In the Shadow of Lies"

April 2014

My novel Screaming Divasis about an all-girl punk rock band in 1980s South Carolina that covers songs by The Supremes, and I originally planned on using lyrics in my novel, but my queries to the copyright holders went unanswered. I liked the idea...

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Suzanne Linn Kamata commented on Nancy K. Miller's article [DIARY OF A MEMOIRIST COUNTDOWN] The Journey

October 2013

I love Seal Press, and I love Paris! I'm so glad you persisted. I will happily order this book!

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Suzanne Linn Kamata commented on Five Questions's article 5 Questions for...Diane Lefer

September 2013

What a story! I think you could write a The Devil Wears Prada type novel about publishing and that Famous Agent, if you ever wanted to. For the record, The Circles I Move In is one of those books that has survived multiple cullings. It's still on...

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Suzanne Linn Kamata posted an article The `Power of Putting Dreams into Words

August 2013

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Suzanne Linn Kamata commented on Rossandra White's article [SWP: BEHIND THE BOOK] Loveyoubye

August 2013

Yes, persistence is important! I just signed a contract for a book I wrote 15 years ago. At one point, I had a hot shot agent for the book who couldn't sell it, revised it over the years, and finally found a home for it!

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