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  • Started by Kate L. Mary
    Last reply by Karoline Barrett
    I've written a 78,000 YA futuristic steampunk novel and just need some feedback/critiques on the query. I'll admit it, I'm a moron when it comes to queries...they are...
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  • hi Cathy, not to beat a dead horse here and my instinct is telling me that I'm risking sounding coming across as combative by responding (which I'm not intending to so...
  • Started by Kate L. Mary
    Last reply by Candy Fite
    Here's my draft after feeback from a few people, feel free to rip it apart! Dear Ms. Agent,I am querying you because of your interest in YA steampunk novels. I have r...
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  • Congratulations Amy! Please don’t stress the wedding it’s meant to be a joyous occasion, [you found the one] besides after the ceremony comes the honeymoon. As for you...
  • Hi Hollye, My book isn't out until April, but I started promoting it back in November. I don't really know what I'm doing but I get a lot of help from this site and I...
  • We are kindred spirits! I'm into my socks too! Maybe it's a writer's thing! I have funny ones. My favorite ones are peach colored with red fake nails painted on them b...
  • Started by Victoria Chames
    I'm at the difficult and frustrating point of looking for an agent, and the job is so time-costly, it seems interminable and impossible. It's a tremendous amount of wo...
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  • I'd love an answer to this question as well. I've been toting a 9-year old and a 3-year old on my book tour, and while on one occasion my 3-year old screamed out "Mama...
  • Started by Jenny Steffan
    Eye is the most delicate and significant aspect of the body. It is basic to deal with it and go to an eye specialist at whatever point you feel the need. There are sev...
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  • Anna and Melanie, Thank you both for contributing to this. Anna: I've just bought a second-hand copy of A Woman of Independent Means. Thanks for the tip. For all my in...