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Jan

Snark shows how to respond to a conference ms request

Posted by Ember C.  Published in Industry, Writing

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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31

Jan

Cliche Leads

Posted by Ember C.  Published in Writing

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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Hi - I'm Ember Case. I'm an author of erotic romances. Paranormal, fantasy, sci-fi, contemporary, historical - I love them all.

I'm also a wife, a mom, a small business owner, and a passionate volunteer to various organizations, including several chapters of the Romance Writers of America.

I'm probably off somewhere tapping at the keyboard, and wishing I could convince the kids that "Just a sec hun" really means "Go ask your dad."

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