Well, Frozen Fire is out there. I feel optimistic it'll find a home. I sent it to only one publisher, but to five agents. Next week, I'll send it to five more agents. I only sent it to one publisher because I feel it's the best place for that story. Of course, if it doesn't …
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Recently my husband was diagnosed with not one, but two, debilitating illnesses. It put me in quite a tailspin. I got depressed. I got angry. And I wrote like I've never written before. True, I did only a minimum on my current project. After all, a writer has to stay immersed in their story or …
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I've blogged about this before, but I feel it needs repeating. Read your stories aloud before you send them off for publication. You'll catch so much more than reading quietly to yourself. Trust me. I've been over Frozen Fire a few dozen times. My writers' group has gone through it. Yesterday, I took it out …
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Writers are sporadic creatures. We extremely work hard at our writing, every day. But it's the same thing day in and day out. My blog would say: 1/1/2017 - Wrote today. 1/5/2017 - Wrote today. 1/12/2017 - Wrote today. You get my picture? Then, all of a sudden, we reach the end of our task. …
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Wendy L. Koenig 