Archive for February, 2012

End of February Update

Posted: 28th February 2012 by amschilling in General, Writing
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I’d like to start with a shout out to the new friends that have started following the blog: Welcome, and I hope you have fun reading! Note that I do moderate comments, so feel free to leave ‘em but don’t be surprised if it takes a little while for them to show up. It’s not [...]

The importance of “K.I.S.S.”

Posted: 17th February 2012 by amschilling in Queries
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There’s been a lot of talk on the forums I frequent about queries, especially how to focus 300 pages of fiction into 250 words or less. I’m not fabulous at them myself, but it’s interesting to see just how many writers struggle to distill the essence of their story into a paragraph or two. It seems [...]