Tag Archives: query
Helpful Writing Sites and Blog Posts – August 2010 Edition
It’s that time of the month again, time to give a round-up of all the helpful writing sites and blog posts I’ve come across in the past month. Continue reading
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Why You Shouldn’t Let Rejection Get You Down
The story about Dr. Seuss got me thinking about other famous authors who were rejected before making it big, like J.K. Rowling and Stephen King (who are now two of the richest and most famous authors around today). Continue reading
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Write On Con Starts in 12 Hours
Write on Con – the free online conference for writers – starts in twelve hours. The first event will be posted at 6am EDT (US)/ 8pm AEST (Aus). Continue reading
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Write On Con – Writer’s Conference
Write on Con is an online conference for writers taking place on the 10th, 11th and 12th on August. It is completely free to attend and all you have to do to register is join the Write On Con forums. This is a fantastic opportunity. Continue reading
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Helpful Writing Sites and Blog Posts – July 2010 Edition
I just realised it’s been two months since I last did one of these, so here is a round up of some helpful writing sites and blog posts I’ve come across in the past two months Continue reading
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Preparing to Query
You’ve written your query, got it critiqued, edited it and polished it, now it is ready to get sent out to agents or publishers. The question is, who do you send your lovely polished query letter to? Continue reading
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Writing a Picture Book Query
I’ve found that all my previous research on queries, which has primarily focused on querying novels, is not quite adequate for writing a PB query. I decided to seek out the opinions of two lovely Australian picture book authors I met through #pblitchat on Twitter. They both gave me some great advice on writing a PB query. Continue reading
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