5 Ways to Impress an Agent

5 Ways to Impress an Agent

Jul 29, 2026 | On Writing

Getting an agent can be a challenge. Given the sheer volume of queries agents receive—such largesse that many agents find it impossible to accept unsolicited queries—it’s not easy to make you and your project stand out. Here are some tips to help you to capture an...
Celebrate Your Writing Self

Celebrate Your Writing Self

Jul 15, 2026 | On Mindfulness

By Paula Munier The writer’s path can be as challenging and frustrating as it is exciting and rewarding. The trick is to hang in there through the good and the bad, the rejection and the bestseller list. This means nurturing, nourishing, and celebrating your writer...
Story Questions: The Secret to Narrative Thrust

Story Questions: The Secret to Narrative Thrust

Mar 6, 2024 | On Writing

One of the most common reasons agents and editors pass on stories—and readers stop reading them—is a lack of narrative thrust. Narrative thrust is the engine that propels your story forward, beat by beat, scene by scene, chapter by chapter, from the very first word to...
What I Learned from Crime Bake: A Writer’s Story

What I Learned from Crime Bake: A Writer’s Story

Nov 9, 2021 | On Writing

There are certain times in a writer’s life when everything changes. You may not see it at the time, but when you look back, you realize that was the moment that changed you, your writing, and your writing career forever. For me, this happened when I moved to New...
Writing Nature

Writing Nature

Oct 12, 2021 | On Writing

When I was a very young woman, I heard a writer say that when you set a story in a given place, you should be able to name every bird, every tree, every flower in that setting. I remember thinking, “Uh oh.” As an Army brat who moved at least once a year, I barely got...

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