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the literary tribulations of bill blais

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Date: May 11th, 2008

new review at Dark Wolf Fantasy Reviews

11 May, 2008 | all prophets: witness, reviews | No comments

this weekend i received a review over at Dark Wolf Fantasy Reviews. a number of items didn’t work for Dark Wolf, but again, this is all about seeing the positive and negative, and I’m thankful for the honest commentary and the clarity around what didn’t work and why.

more query letters sent

11 May, 2008 | ramblings | No comments

and they very well would have been the death of me if not for my wife, who finally told me to stop tweaking and start sending. even so, i had the selfish gall to give her a bit of an attitude about this being the only chance i really had with each of these agents, so the letter has to be perfect, researched, fine-tuned, etc., and various agents have various preferences for queries and how hard it is to get everything summarized and effective and clear and…

i know, i know, talk about childish. i don’t deserve her.

thank you, mary, more than i can say.