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Red-Letter Day

According to Wikipedia, a red-letter day is any day of significance and my goodness did I have one! Last week I sent out my normal batch of query letters via email.  This is  part of my marketing plan, which entails sending out queries for my manuscript, Moonlight and Oranges, every two weeks or so. That same day, to my unbelieving eyes, two positive responses came back from two…

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July 18, 2011
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The Synopsis: A Powerful Tool

A synopsis distills the key messages, themes, and direction of a story.  Have you ever tried to condense the plot of a novel into one page?  How about one or two sentences?  It's hard.  Really hard.  The first time I tried to write a one page synopsis for Moonlight and Oranges, my novel manuscript, I almost went crazy.  Cut, revise, rewrite, condense.  Delete reference to non-vital scene.  Include…

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March 21, 2011

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