bret easton ellis > chuck palahniuk

Yeah, so...I think it's bad form when one writer takes shots at another writer.

However(!), I am not averse to a bit of opinionizing myself.

Is there a difference between "taking shots" and "opinionizing"? I don't know. Maybe.

Probably not.

Oh well.

my interview on "write it sideways"

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Click on my cat to visit my interview on Write It Sideways.



If you have something against my cat, go ahead and check out Write It Sideways just in general - it's a really, really great website.

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they're not kidding - writing really is the most subjective business in the world

I'll tell ya, I forgot how wild this "snag a literary agent" process is.

A month ago, when my former agent and I decided to part ways, I thought, "Okay, this isn't so bad. I've been here before, and I can do this again."

A couple weeks later, when I'd had 15 requests for partials and fulls, I again thought, "Great! This isn't so bad."

But...it's funny how this works.

For instance:

if you write silly puff novels, please, keep your opinions to yourself

What an odd article.

You probably don't want to read the whole thing (trust me), so I'll just hit the high points for you.

The article is an interview with Nicholas Sparks...and Miley Cyrus. Yes, this is a high point.

where to go if you already know enough about writing...but don't have an agent

Because of my (*ahem*) vast intelligence and superior literary talent, I have always had this pompous idea in my head that goes something like this: "There is nothing anyone can tell me about writing that I can't figure out for myself."

Now, I admit, I have not been entirely hardheaded - thank goodness. I have read Stephen King's On Writing several times (an invaluable resource), and I have searched out everything that Hemingway and Fitzgerald and Vonnegut - and other luminaries such as Gertrude Stein and Hunter Thompson and Elmore Leonard - ever said about writing.

a closing thought on querying

Two days ago was: A Query Letter That Works

Yesterday was: Why You Need A Query Letter That Works

Today:

A Closing Thought On Querying

This, of course, is all my opinion. Got it? Good.

In my opinion...

why you need a query letter that works

Yesterday, I posted A Query Letter That Works...and added five new followers on the page. How about that.

Tomorrow, we'll look at A Closing Thought On Querying

Today, we have our followup to yesterday's post.

a query letter that works

Last week, my agent and I decided to part ways.

Uh, yeah. Fantastic.