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Can You Compete for an Agent's or Editor's Time?
Aspiring authors often seem puzzled that their work isn’t read more carefully, or positively, or even at all, when they send their work out to an agent or an editor. Those would-be authors aren… more →
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The Opening Line, Part 2 ...and the Winner is
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Christine Fonseca wrote 4 days ago: Welcome to a new week! As promised, here is part 2 of my series looking at openings. First, let me … more →
at long last: céline's last novel, normance, now translated into english!
peter wrote 2 weeks ago: The last of Céline’s novels to be translated into English, this account of an air attack on Paris … more →
"sliogo made me and sligo undid me..."
peter wrote 3 weeks ago: from sebastian barry’s costa-winning the secret scripture: “My father was calling, calling, … more →
Can You Compete for an Agent's or Editor's Time?
Philip Martin wrote 3 weeks ago: Aspiring authors often seem puzzled that their work isn’t read more carefully, or positively, … more →
Hook Me
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Suzanne Rock wrote 1 month ago: This weekend I came across a great link. The Top Fifteen Worst Opening Lines to Romance Novels. Alt … more →
Mandatory Sentencing
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fundamentaljelly wrote 1 month ago: Call me Ishmael. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Lolita, light of my life, fi … more →
First Lines...And A Little Contest...
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Christine Fonseca wrote 3 months ago: Yes, there have been a million posts on first lines of a novel…but, for whatever reason I was … more →
Lithium Reaches For The Stars
cfdmarket wrote 3 months ago: (CFD.net.au – Contract for Difference, Share, Forex, ETFs, Commodities Traders) – … more →
Stupid Fun!
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Robin wrote 6 months ago: Stop~Drop~and Roll…I’m gonna need Stupid Fun today! It’s the first Wednesday of t … more →
Sense of Place: The Setting for Desire
Philip Martin wrote 7 months ago: There are several things that drive a novel’s fictional story from the first pages. Think of a … more →
Celebrity Openings: Eloise
badfiction wrote 8 months ago: In terms of bad openings to books, you can’t beat the celebrities’ ‘efforts … more →
Bad First Lines - Blood Money: Laura
badfiction wrote 8 months ago: Kirsten threw herself face down onto the bed in a panic listening to the wail of sirens outside as … more →
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest: It was a Dark and Stormy Night
badfiction wrote 8 months ago: Have a look at this contest for the worst opening lines ever. Maybe enter the contest, or write … more →
POSSIBLE BEGINNINGS
tramswatt wrote 10 months ago: September first and already I was decked out in dusk garb: brandless sneakers I bought from a regula … more →
It started on a bus
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50lastdates wrote 10 months ago: So there was a girl who hopped off the bus with me the other day. Short, blonde, very cute. She fol … more →
Opening Lines
driftinginthetide wrote 10 months ago: “Your husband is cheating on us.” Jill McCorkle Your Husband Is Cheating on Us “Sh … more →
best opening line (because you never know what the day will hold)
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jparkes wrote 10 months ago: The Outsiders S.E. Hinton When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie … more →
Opening Lines
tishang wrote 1 year ago: I enjoy looking for interesting opening lines in literary works, usually novels. Here are some favor … more →
building a new bharath...
nsraindia wrote 1 year ago: NAVA BHARAT “As long as millions die in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who h … more →
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