It’s about that time of the year again, and no, I’m not talking about spooky season—it’s almost NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writing Month. Each November, thousands of writers band together as a community to create . . .
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Around the time I completed The Sleepless, I had dinner with a couple of friends at a Greek restaurant in Midtown. I hadn’t seen Daniel and Charles in a long time and I told them, breathless and excited, that I finished a book and was thinking of becoming a full-time writer. . . .
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After I finished my first full novel draft, I thought, “Hey, maybe this is something I could take more seriously,” that is, try and get it published, find an audience bigger than my then-boyfriend now-husband. . . .
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The short answer is that I wrote and polished a query letter, sent it out into the world, and got extremely lucky. That’s truly how it goes for most writers, but of course with a lot of heartache and complications every step of the way. …
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A few days ago the inaugural Write Team Mentorship Program (WTMP) made its mentee selection announcements. I am a volunteer mentor for the program, and my mentor teammate Christine Daigle and I have selected Daphne Fama, who we’re excited about for several reasons. …
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It’s Pitch Wars showcase season again, and while my instinct is to say “I can’t believe it’s already been a year!”, I also know time no longer has meaning. As a quick recap,
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