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  • 6-week exclusivity for a *query* is unnecessary! Query widely and simultaneously. (Send out 10 queries, at a time, for example.) This is a really, really *slow* indust...
  • Hi, anywhere out there familiar with the agent Linda Loewenthal and what she prefers to receive from writers? She works at David Black. I've written many chapters of a...
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  • I agree with Sarah.  I'd like to see a little more of the acorn's "voice" coming through in the query.  Otherwise, the agent may be wondering why a kid would care abou...

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  • What an insightful article. Thank you for advocating for 32 CANDLES, and more importantly for inclusion. I agree that it hurts both authors and readers when novels are...
  • Hey, Jo, what a generous and thoughtful suggestion. Wise, too. Nice to hear. Hi, Patricia, Every day, I see scenes in real life that would be so earth shoes wonderfu...
  • Love this, Molly. I actually live in an area with quite a few wonderful writers - not exactly a neighborhood, but a friendship group; we include an Oprah author, a NYT...