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See Laura Write: June 2016
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I make stuff up and write it down. Some of my favorite things include goat cheese, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, the Oxford comma, and ice cream. Not all together. Return to Main Website. Monday, June 27, 2016. Query Kombat Round 5 Match-ups. Two from Michelle's team, one each from Laura's and Mike's. These are the top FOUR out of over 340 entries- an amazing accomplishment by these authors. Congrats to the winners of Round 4 who have become our Final Four! All the action is over on.
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See Laura Write: May 2016
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I make stuff up and write it down. Some of my favorite things include goat cheese, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, the Oxford comma, and ice cream. Not all together. Return to Main Website. Monday, May 30, 2016. QUERY KOMBAT 2016 FIRST ROUND MATCH-UPS! The big reveal is done as to who was on our Query Kombat teams - now it's time to find out who the Kombatants will be going up against in the first round! Insert Shakespeare Joke Here. Vs Water Unicorns and Armadillos. Greek Out With Me.
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See Laura Write: August 2016
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I make stuff up and write it down. Some of my favorite things include goat cheese, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, the Oxford comma, and ice cream. Not all together. Return to Main Website. Monday, August 29, 2016. How to Write a Romance. But that's mostly geared at identifying the manuscript you have. What I really want to talk about today is. HOW TO WRITE A ROMANCE*. Why does it matter? The main characters meet early on. The first kiss occurs roughly within the first 25% of the book.
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See Laura Write: November 2016
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I make stuff up and write it down. Some of my favorite things include goat cheese, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, the Oxford comma, and ice cream. Not all together. Return to Main Website. Tuesday, November 29, 2016. Friendsgiving Feedback Critique 2:. Title: THE DREAM KEEPER. Genre: YA dark fantasy. Seventeen-year-old Nora Gallagher has spent the last five years dreaming the same dream: [1]. Will do anything to escape his prison. [4]. Entering the Nightmare Realm is. Everyone she loves ...
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See Laura Write: December 2016
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I make stuff up and write it down. Some of my favorite things include goat cheese, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, the Oxford comma, and ice cream. Not all together. Return to Main Website. Monday, December 19, 2016. A Query Kombat Success with Sarah Janian. Many authors frame their origin story in childhood. They describe epic novels scrawled in notebooks, or a sense of knowing they were predestined for the glorious (cough) work of authoring. Not so for me. In each case, agents gave me t...
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See Laura Write: HOLLY JOLLY FACEBOOK PAGE HOP
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I make stuff up and write it down. Some of my favorite things include goat cheese, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, the Oxford comma, and ice cream. Not all together. Return to Main Website. Tuesday, December 13, 2016. HOLLY JOLLY FACEBOOK PAGE HOP. From December 13-20, I'm excited to be participating in the HOLLY JOLLY FACEBOOK PAGE HOP, with dozens of authors offering prizes worth more than $1,000! Https:/ www.facebook.com/lauraheffernanbooks/. Thanks for dropping by! Bethany Hyde, Author.
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See Laura Write: September 2016
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I make stuff up and write it down. Some of my favorite things include goat cheese, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, the Oxford comma, and ice cream. Not all together. Return to Main Website. Wednesday, September 28, 2016. Teresa Richards: A Query Kombat Success Story. Success stories are one of the best parts of hosting contests. Sure, the contests are fun and everyone learns, but it's always helpful to see when that hard work pays off. I'm excited to present you with Teresa's story. After...
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See Laura Write: March 2016
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I make stuff up and write it down. Some of my favorite things include goat cheese, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, the Oxford comma, and ice cream. Not all together. Return to Main Website. Tuesday, March 29, 2016. NoQS SUCCESS: Karen McManus: How I Got My Agent. Karen McManus: How I Got My Agent. Not a GOOD book, though. Who knows. I didn’t specify. Not surprisingly, my inbox was a mixture of crickets and form rejections. I did enter that MS into the 2015 PitchWars as sort of a Hail Mary...
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See Laura Write: A Look Back at 2016
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I make stuff up and write it down. Some of my favorite things include goat cheese, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, the Oxford comma, and ice cream. Not all together. Return to Main Website. Monday, January 2, 2017. A Look Back at 2016. Last year, I posted a list of my goals for 2016. Let's take a look and see how I did. (As I'm typing, I have not read these yet, so this could get interesting. I will write two new manuscripts (at least). I did this one! 4 My Goodreads challenge last year w...
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See Laura Write: January 2016
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I make stuff up and write it down. Some of my favorite things include goat cheese, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, the Oxford comma, and ice cream. Not all together. Return to Main Website. Monday, January 25, 2016. Just Say No to Exclusives. Let’s talk about exclusives. For a person who wants to find an agent, sell a book, have a career, etc. exclusives are BAD. I’m not talking about when an agent says, “Is anyone else reading this? Hint: It doesn’t). Agent You want the BEST. You talk to...
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