Just another writer

My newest publication, an excerpt from the novel I’m querying, was published in Nebo under the title, “A story with a happy ending.” This excerpt comes from late in the book as I start wrapping up characters’ stories and focuses on Adam Cushman, an American Jewish soldier after his return to the U.S. from his army…

The querying continues with still more rejections. I’ve ended up revisiting the query letter and finding it wanting I’ve rewritten it for the May round of queries. Hopefully this will turn things around. I’ve managed to get my groove back with new writing. I had abandoned the word-count goal I’d used previously and it turns…

There was an article on NPR recently that cited a study showing that scientists with anglo names are more likely to be cited in news stories. My sense is that I tend to go with Slavic or Italian names for most of my characters, but I decided to dig a bit deeper and see what…

The novel is finished and I’ve started the querying process with the first round of ten queries, including my first rejection from a query. I guess my depression is catching up with me a bit here. While going through old queries, I found myself wondering whether what I thought were personalized queries saying close but…