Writing Conference nibbles
By Miss Snark
Dear Miss Snark,
An executive editor at a major house asked to see my ms after an advance reading at a conference. What is the best way to convey this opportunity in the query to my target agents?Thanks for taking the time to answer all of us. – A Snarkling with high [...]

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Thanks for the link sis
http://mdbenoit.com/blog/2006/01/27/cliche-leads/
Cliché Leads
Clichés
are defined as trite expressions. There are also, however, ways of
beginning a sentence that are so overused that they’ve also become
clichéed. I admit, as a fiction writer, I have been –and am– guilty of
using some of these. I adapted the leads from submissions by Dich
Thien, a member of the [...]

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Found this while link chasing a bit ago. Perfect follow-up to the recent “What does your office look like” thread we did at Divas.
http://www.paigecuccaro.com/html/the_cave.html
I think this is my favorite

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Miss Snark
When you have little confabs at conferences, try not to panic. Agents, despite all evidence to the contrary, are human beings. Yes, we can leap tall buildings with a single bound, but then, you can invent entire worlds and people them with strange and fantastical creatures. Which is harder? exactly.
Now, when you meet someone [...]

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Ellora’s Cave Quickies – I love this line. Sub 20,000 words, perfect for a very quick (30 minutes or so) read when you need a pick-me-up.
So I was thrilled today to hear that Ellora’s Cave has expanded it, and is now welcoming their authors to submit as many as they want. They used [...]

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I’d stalled out over the last few days with my current wip. Couldn’t get the groove back, and while I forced about 1500 words out they didn’t have a clear goal.Finally sat down and looked at the plot chart tonight and realized I just didn’t have the right conflict for the lenght I want to [...]

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Now I’m inspired.

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Wow. I want to visit the bat cave.

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