Category Archives: publishing

Agents and Publishers Do Not Require My Permission

I spent several hours today, yes HOURS, reading through blogs and blog comments about the recent Twitter-prompted discussions regarding agent pay and advances to writers. Links to most of it are conveniently collected over at agent Colleen Lindsay’s blog, which … Continue reading

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We’re looking at different horizons

My daughter sent me an email the other day, telling me about her boyfriend’s Phi Beta Kappa initiation ceremony: …the guest speaker was Nobel Prize winner Oliver Smithies, so that was pretty cool. His two main messages were: no matter … Continue reading

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The Facts of Life, redux

I spent most of the weekend writing, revising and re-writing my current ms. I’m so deep into that mess, when I tried to think up a blog topic my mind went blank. Then my older sister called and we had … Continue reading

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Connecting on the dark side

Has it been a month since I posted? Gasp. Well, I’ve been busy. Mostly up to no good. Yes, the rumours are true: I’ve lost my mind and gone over to the dark side. I’ve entered the Twitterverse. An evil … Continue reading

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