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The Perks of Being a Writer
Recently, I was reading an article about Stephen Chobsky, author of Perks of Being a Wallflower. I haven’t read the book but I saw a preview for the movie a few evenings ago when I was trying to decide on a movie to watch on a date night with the spouse. The preview really resonated…
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Query, Query, Bo-bery…
Sigh. I sent out my first query letter this week. For those of you not familiar with the business of writing, a query letter or an agent query, is most often, a one-page letter to a literary agency seeking representation. In it, you discuss your novel, your qualifications and why you think XYZ literary agency would be good fit…
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Second Draft!
73,070 words. 253 pages. 16 24 chapters (I shortened my chapters). … and ladies and gentleman, I have a title!!!! There is no avoiding it. It is time to move on to my query letter. Stay tuned for next week’s post! Until then… let’s dance again! Love and Light, Faye
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A little bit of Inspiration
I was going to write this post about query letters but I saw this great movie last night so I want to write about that instead. I know I should write a post about query letters and I promise I will… just as soon as I get over my disabling fear of them. So… the movie. …
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On being different
“Many people fear nothing more terribly than to take a position which stands out sharply and clearly from the prevailing opinion. The tendency of most is to adopt a view that is so ambiguous that it will include everything and so popular that it will include everybody. Not a few men who cherish lofty and…
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Quoth the Raven
Every so often I work on a Saturday. It is voluntary but I wake up, begrudgingly put on my favorite weekend jeans, work spectacles (totally made that part up) and head out the door. It never fails that my house always feels extra comfy. The perfect amount of early morning sunlight is pouring in through the gaps in the shades. The quiet…
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Ayana Mathis
When I was in college, I had an amazing writing professor named John Vernon. He was the first person in my adult life to encourage my writing (that wasn’t my Ma, brothers or friends). He even tried to persuade my mom to allow me to spend a semester in London. Ever the overprotective mom, she wasn’t convinced (but I…
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Now what?
So, a few procedural notes. I just added a new link to the Linkety Links – located to the right of your screen (*striking a Vana White pose). It’s called Pub Rants and it’s a blog by the Nelson Agency, a literary agency I am slowly developing a crush on. Not only do I love…
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Put your back into it
My second year of college, I moved into apartment style housing on campus with three good friends. We lived across the hall from an awesomely fabulous plus size brown girl and her five gay, male roommates. They used to throw these parties full of sugary sweet cocktails, high energy and notoriously bad dancing that would last into the wee…
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Fin.
241 pages. 70,277 words. 16 Chapters. I am done with my first draft. Now on to re-writing, adding, subtracting, editing… and god willing, becoming published. But before that? LET’S DANCE!!!!!! I wrote a book!!!! I wrote a book!!!! Love and Light, Faye
Faye McCray 