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Querying: What It’s All About (At Least for Me)

Posted by beckylevine on 15 Jan 2022 in Agents, Picture Books, querying |2 Comments

Even before January, I knew what my word for 2022 would be. In the midst of all the chaos, anxiety, and uncertainty of the past two years, writing has been the eye of my personal hurricane. I know, for many writers, the pandemic and their own experiences with it have made writing hard, if not […]

Monday Musings: In the Self-Publishing World, How Do We Identify “Ready”?

Posted by beckylevine on 27 Sep 2010 in Publishing |17 Comments

There’s so much talk going on around the blogosphere about e-books and self-publishing and the changes that are here and the changes that are coming that…well, it feels a bit overwhelming to even try and jump into the conversation. Then again, all that talk does get me/us thinking, and it’s a conversation that does need […]

Somebody Else Says: Colette Vella

Posted by beckylevine on 9 Jun 2009 in Agents, Editors, Publishing |No Comments

This is a fascinating article on agents and editors and the whole publishing-relationship world. Thanks to Jessica Faust for the link. http://www.meanjin.com.au/editions/volume-68-number-2-2009/article/the-changing-face-of-publishing-relationships/

Agent or No Agent: My Two Cents

Posted by beckylevine on 15 Mar 2009 in Agents, The Writing & Critique Group Survival Guide, The Writing Path |14 Comments

A few weeks ago, Shawna at Just Another Day in the Life gave me the Honest Scrap reward for my blog. I still need to pass this award on to seven other bloggers, which I am going to do soon, with pleasure. But I thought of the reward today, as I was coming up with an […]