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Just Another Day Hanging with Khaled and Terry
If Terry McMillan and Khaled Hosseini are only few feet away from me–that counts as hanging out with them right? I volunteered with the National Book Festival last weekend! Imagine rows and rows of...
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Nicholas Sparks Confirmed My Fears (Updated)
I’ve been meaning to write this post for awhile—ever since I attended the Nicholas Sparks event a week or two ago. To be honest, the author of “The Notebook” kind of rubbed me the wrong way. I wrote a...
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She Did It, So Why Can’t I?: Lawyer/Novelist Helen Wan
Welcome to the latest installment of “He/She Did It, So Why Can’t I?” a series of posts about professional people who wrote novels on the side. This week I had the incredible opportunity to meet Helen...
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Submission Material Feedback and How I Met This Year’s Newbery Medal Winner
Man oh man, lots has been going on. Let’s Talk About the Agent Bootcamp I got comments back on my query letter, synopsis and 9 pages of my manuscript. Much like every other time I’ve invested (money)...
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Cheryl Strayed Retreat and The Story I Had to Tell
A couple of weeks ago I went on a writer’s retreat taught by Wild author Cheryl Strayed called the “The Story You Have to Tell.” I would tell you where it was, but I don’t want you to hate me....
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