As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, this week I’m going to offer a few tips and insights into how I found my agent. Obviously this information is based on my own personal experience and there are lots of ways to do this. Everyone has to find his or her own path. This is the one that [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Step One: Agent Research
Posted in Publishing, Writing, tagged AAR, Agent, agent blogs, Agent Scams, fiction, getting published, Literary Agent, manuscript, New York, Novel, Publishing, Query, Warnings for Writers, Writing on September 30, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Running Progress: A Quick Update
Posted in Running, YouTube, tagged exercise, Running, weight loss on September 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Finally! My back felt pretty sore this morning, but after some good stretching, I decided to try a run. My legs felt SO good for the first couple of blocks, and I didn’t really start to feel worn down until the last half mile or so. Today I ran 3.04 miles in 25:47 for an [...]
Why I Want To Run (Insomnia Induced Post)
Posted in Running, tagged Running, running in the rain, Gin Blossoms, exercise, mix tape, gardening, shed, our house, insomnia, Scars on Broadway, weight loss, dieting, motivation, determination, back pain, All-American Rejects, Jimmy Eat World on September 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Given that it’s now 3:00 AM and I can’t sleep, I guess we’ll call this a rambling Insomnia induced post. Expect there to be plenty of typos. :)
So if I don’t run today (Sunday), it’ll have been exactly two weeks since the last time I ran anywhere. This is already the longest I’ve gone without [...]
Winners of the “Almost Moon” contest
Posted in Publishing, tagged Alice Sebold, book contest, book giveaway, book marketing, contest, free books, Publishing, The Almost Moon on September 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Thanks to everyone who posted or emailed me about the “Almost Moon” contest over the weekend!
I put the names of everyone who posted or emailed on slips of paper, tossed those into a hat, and pulled out the names of the winners.
I’m pleased to announce the winners are:
1) nbisson
2) veinglory
3) librarina
4) cat1279
5) thompsonland
Congrats to the winners! Just email [...]
Alice Sebold’s “The Almost Moon” contest: Win A Free Copy!
Posted in Publishing, tagged Alice Sebold, book contest, book giveaway, book marketing, camping, contest, free books, Lucky, mental break, mountains, Publishing, The Almost Moon, The Lovely Bones on September 18, 2008 | 15 Comments »
(Update from the future: the contest is now over and the winners have been selected!)
As some of you might know, my background is actually in book marketing and promoting. So it was interesting to receive an email at my gmail account from Alice Sebold’s publisher, asking if I’d want to run a contest on [...]
Future Posts, iTunes 8 Genius feature, and The Ninja Cat
Posted in Writing, YouTube, tagged Agents, Better Than Ezra, Books, Genius, iTunes, Literary Agents, Novels, Publishing, Writing, YouTube on September 17, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’m working on a long-ish post about how I found my agent since that seems to be a topic everyone’s interested in hearing more about. I’ll probably post it later this week when I get a few thoughts worked out more clearly. And then everyone can tell me what I got wrong. ;) If [...]
Writing, Running, and Working
Posted in Running, Writing, tagged Day Job, Running, Writing on September 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been spending a lot of time these last couple of days focused on my day job, and also trying to figure out what I want to do with this blog.
After all, there are about a billion published authors and aspiring authors with blogs… what can I really say that’s any different? I’m not [...]
The End of a Long Week
Posted in Writing, YouTube, tagged Audiobooks, commute, driving, Duma Key, first readers, Japanese Gameshows, John Slattery, Night Shift, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Novel, Novella, rain, Skeleton Key, Stephen King, The Gunslinger, Writing, YouTube on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What is it about the Friday commute and rain that causes drivers to behave like they’ve never been behind the wheel before? I’m always amazed at some of the stuff I see on the trip to and from work, but it’s always worse when there is rain or snow. Friday is terrible in general — [...]
