Month: February 2016
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Thoughts on the Query Process
With Over the Edge done, I’ve started putting together query materials. So far, I have managed to write (what I consider to be) a competent query letter, devise a single page synopsis of the novel, and sequester samples of the manuscript to include with the query – all pretty standard stuff. But…
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Discovering Pine Falls
My mystery novel, Over the Edge, is set in a fictional town six hours north of New York City. The original idea for Pine Falls came from a psychological science fiction short story that I wrote, but in that story, it is barely a shadow of the hamlet it is…
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Almost There
Right now, my mystery novel is eclipsing most other things I’d want to talk about on this blog. With the MS out for beta reading and constant editing, pretty much all I think about is the end result – a published Novel. I’m feeling pretty good about how tight the…
