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Literary Agents

If you are a writer hoping for commercial publication, you know how important a literary agent can be.  If you are a reader, the whole realm of commercial publication and agents might be a mystery.  Here are some answers to a few questions I’ve been asked about agents. Q: What is a literary agent?      A:…

GREASE

Wild Word Friday!  Our word today is GREASE.  When I think of the word GREASE, sensory images bombard: the yucky feel of cold bacon grease as I try to scrape it out of a pan, the taste of bear meat (which is very tallowy), and the sight of GREASE congealed on a serving plate.  Hope…

Sept. Book Winners!

Congratulations to Jackie Doran, who is our first Free Book Winner, and to Trish, our second!  Jackie, let me know which book you would prefer to receive – THE CURSE OF TREASURE ISLAND by Francis Bryan or THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson Burnett.  Trish, I’ll send you the other book.  I’m trying to become more…

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UPPAA

UPPAA – What’s that? If you are familiar with Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, you might have a head start on this acronym.  UP – Upper Peninsula.  PAA – Publishers and Authors Association.  This is a great organization and isn’t limited to “Yooper” members only.  (Yoopers are people who live in the Upper Peninsula.)  If you have…

Follow/Follee

Wild Word Friday again!  Today’s word is FOLLOW, well not really follow, but follee.  That’s the way my 91-year-old father-in-law says follow.   He also pronounces swallow as swallee and hollow as hollee. As in, “I tried to follee the rabbit into the hollee, but he was gone before you could swallee twice.”  For years I assumed his…

Brokenness

A Blog Carnival celebrates the ideas and thoughts of a group of people who Post on one theme.  My Post today is part of a Blog Carnival organized and hosted by Bridget Chumbley http://www.bridgetchumbley.com/.  The theme word for this week is brokenness.  This is my contribution. —————- My first thought each morning was, “Oh no, not…

Blogs for Writers

On Saturday, Courtney asked about my favorite blogs for writers.  Here they are. 1. http://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/   This is super agent Rachelle Gardner’s blog.  Nearly every post is about writing or publishing. 2. http://rovingeditor.blogspot.com/   Sean Costello, a freelance book editor based in the U.K., writes this blog.  It will give you a birdseye view of the book and…

Luthier

What the heck is a LUTHIER? That was my question when my husband first told me he wanted to become one.  Huh? That was also when I was told – by him – that a luthier is a person who makes stringed instruments, traditionally stringed instruments made of wood. You know, guitars, violins, mandolins, banjos……

Guest Post

Check out Super Agent Rachelle Gardner’s website today (9-16-10) http://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/.  I have the great good fortune of being her Guest Blogger!  Hope you’ll leave a comment! Blessings, Sue

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