Agent Kristin Nelson has been blogging about cover blurbs this week. She’s got some really interesting insights. Check her out at Pub Rants. I’m on the prowl for cover blurbs myself right now. Well, my editor and agent are on the prowl. They’ve sent Karma Girl out to some folks, and we’re waiting to hear back. For those of you who don’t →

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All writers dream of getting “The Call.” That first phone call when your agent or editor phones you and tells you that yes, someone wants to publish your book. It’s a wonderful feeling, the highest of highs. But reality eventually sets in. And you realize that now you have to sell the *@$! thing. That you getting another book published will →

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I finally sold this year, after many, many, many years of writing and querying and getting rejected. When that magical moment came, I was thrilled. I’d finally achieved my dream. I’d made it. My work was good enough, I was smart enough, and doggone it, people liked me. And I wouldn’t get rejected anymore.  Boy, was I wrong.  I went on a →

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Erin Fry is officially my hero. If you don’t know Erin, she’s one of the staff members at Romance Writers of America. And she really saved my bacon today. I submitted a workshop proposal for the Dallas conference to RWA … and then my computer decided to die. I didn’t have a backup of the proposal anywhere. Not in my →

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I have to ‘fess up to something. I wrote recently that I don’t have a TBR pile. Well now I do, thanks to my local library (which is staffed by Kathryn and Dottie, two of the nicest people in the world). I went to return some books today and found out that they had gotten 15 of my requests in →

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