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Last week, I completed a three page synopsis for NHI and started expanding it. I didn’t quite make five pages, which was my original target, but I have enough to start working on the outline. Since I know the synopsis will most likely change by the time I finish the outline, anyway, I’ve decided to [...]

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Apparently, my attempt at personalizing yesterday’s email query wasn’t as bad as I’d thought, because the agent responded today with a request for the first 30 pages of my manuscript.

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I’m finally getting off my butt to send query letters out for SHE. It’s not fun. Even though I have a solid query body ready to use more or less as-is, I tried to personalize the one I just sent and realized as soon as I’d clicked Send that it was less “personalized” than “sycophantic.” [...]

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Earlier this spring, I entered SHE in the Murder in the Grove contest, more for the professional critique than in hopes of winning. I didn’t win, as expected, but yesterday I got a pleasant surprise in the mail. SHE did well enough to have been a finalist in the contest. It’s getting harder for me [...]

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Murder in the Grove is two weeks away and I’m getting excited about it. I’m eager to see some of the people from last year who will be there again, and I can hardly wait to meet David Morrell. I’m sure his class on “Writing the Thriller” is going to be a huge help to [...]

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