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Thoughts on Publishing and Privilege
There has been a lot of talk about “privilege” lately. White privilege, male privilege, etc. I don’t know what that weird guy from Princeton was talking about, but what I mean by the term is the...
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What do Tyler Perry and Scandal Have in Common?
Let’s start with Tyler Perry. A long time ago, when I was just wide-eyed girl living in Queens, NY, I would go to the movies. And every season or so, those movies would star black people. I watched...
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Thoughts on the Amazon v. Traditional Publisher Fight
Hachette and Amazon settled their dispute. Hachette (which publishes authors such as Robert Galbraith (J.K Rowling’s pseudonym), Malcolm Gladwell and James Patterson) is allowed to set its own e-book...
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Submission Material Feedback and How I Met This Year’s Newbery Medal Winner
Man oh man, lots has been going on. Let’s Talk About the Agent Bootcamp I got comments back on my query letter, synopsis and 9 pages of my manuscript. Much like every other time I’ve invested (money)...
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Should I Sign With a Small Press?
I got on my soapbox last week (I mean, if you can’t do that on a blog, where can you do it?) and that was fun. Got a few trolling comments. This week, I’m ready to give you an update on this book....
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