Tag: agents
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A Dollar Fifty in Late Charges at the Public Library
I have two degrees, English with a focus in creative writing and theatre with a focus in playwriting. When I finished college, I considered myself a playwright. With the exception of two classes, my English education had been crap1, 2. Of my required creative writing classes, I had the same professor for all but one…
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Realigning the Thought Tracks
There is some common wisdom shared among authors that has gotten twisted by the internets, like playing a game of operator/telephone (depending on where in the country you grew up–basically a message is relayed through a number of people and it warps with each passing). The very wise advice was, “Don’t quit your day job…
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Timing is Everything
Like the classic joke goes, “In comedy, timing is… … …everything.” I’m reading the last in the Shadowmarch tetralogy by Tad Williams, SHADOWHEART. It’s a less than stellar name and most people don’t know that a four-book series is a tetralogy1, but Tad Williams is the reason I write fantasy–the reason2. So we’re going to…
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The Easiest Way to Give
So you lost your job and you haven’t had an interview in months but you still splurged on presents for the kids because you can’t stand to think of them crying in front of the tree. You think to yourself, I don’t have any money to give to a charity. Well, Nathan Bransford is holding…
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The Known Unknowns
Between my own experiences in the industry and the years I’ve spent participating in various industry blogs (pubrants, the Bransford, etc.), I am not too worried about what will come after I get an agent and sell a book. Or at least, I feel like I have a pretty solid understanding of most aspects. Except…