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Breaks, permission, and writing
In the past, I often approached time away from work with the same spirit of competition and productivity that governs my work life. By the time I approached a vacation I had often worked myself into a state of exhaustion, so I was absolutely going to “vacation well” and maximize every moment I had away […]
Spring blog break
The cherry blossoms are blooming in Prospect Park, I’m going to be doing a bit of traveling, and the blog is going to go on a bit of a spring hiatus as I rest and recharge. BUT! I’ll still be booking editing slots for May/June/July and will be checking emails, so please feel free to […]
The novel that predicted Putin’s war (This week in books)
This week! Books! People have been searching for answers for Putin’s senseless war in Ukraine, and at least one intriguing piece of the puzzle comes from Mikhail Yuriev’s 2006 utopian novel The Third Empire: Russia as It Ought to Be, which starts with an unannounced war in eastern Ukraine, and culminates in the entire world […]
Don’t just tell an agent what’s in your novel (query critique)
If you’d like to nominate your own page or query for a public critique, kindly post them here in the discussion forums: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog Also, if you’d like to test your editing chops, keep your eye on this area or this […]
There are no writing rules, but there are principles
The headline of this post may surprise those who know that I have published two books that have a total of ninety “rules” about writing and publishing. But trust me, I called them “rules” with my tongue firmly planted in my cheek. There are no rules in publishing. Come up with any supposedly ironclad “rule” […]