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Ego check
Here’s the dictionary’s definition of ego, what I call the “it’s all about me” word: The “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves...
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Temper temper
I understand frustration. No, really, I do. I realize that when I take the time to write back to authors who queried me, I may be on the business end of someone’s temper tantrum. Like this gent who...
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“I have a big hoo-ha agent!”
The rest of that sentence is the usual, “So now I have it made in the shade! Yah-freakin’-hoo!” It’s wonderful to sign with a very big agent because the assumption is that they’ll get you the...
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Fragile egos – got what it takes?
I shoved the query letter and first five pages across the table to the woman seated across from me. I swear I could see her quaking in her Vickie Secrets, so worried was she about my reaction. I felt...
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There’s no crying in publishing
Of late, I’ve had a spate of whiny emails from authors who were hurt over my comments about their manuscripts. To offer some perspective, most editors don’t offer critiques after reading a full. They...
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Feedback; it isn’t just a radio term
Here’s what Wikipedia says about Feedback: Feedback is a mechanism, process or signal that is looped back to control a system within itself. Great holy Twinkies, isn’t that exactly what we writers look...
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