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Querying
9 Questions to Ask Before Signing with a Literary Agent
Since I feel as though I’ve gotten so much help along the path to getting my literary agent…
The Query Letter That Landed Me My Literary Agent
To follow up on my literary agent post, I wanted to share my successful query letter!
How I Got My Literary Agent
After years of writing, and a failed round of querying my first novel a few years back, I started querying my second book a few months ago. And…
Friday Things
Friday Things
On Rejection and Perspective
I finished my first novel–I mean edited-down, polished-to-a-gleaming-shine, FINISHED-finished–about 3 months ago now. When I was done, I thought, FINALLY. Now my writing life can finally begin!
You know nothing, self of 3 months ago…
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To Prologue or not to Prologue?
Seems like every piece of writing advice I stumble upon lately has one thing in common: ditch your prologue.
Especially if you’re a first time writer. Especially if you’re querying (this article sums it up pretty nicely). In my massive (to me) cutting down of my novel, I decided maybe I should follow that advice. I chopped out my prologue.
Then I happened to mention this decision to a few of my beta readers. The response?
“I LOVED the prologue! You need to keep it in!”
Even my friend the self-proclaimed “prologue-hater” said, “You must keep the prologue. It added a lot to the story and I kept thinking back to it as I was reading.”
So I added the prologue back in…
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MK Pagano 