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Critique is a Writer’s Best Friend

Posted by Joanne Huspek

I’ve been scribbling furiously and typing to the point of renewed carpal tunnel syndrome for the last three years in an attempt to put my ideas into novel-length words. The tally? Two finished, two in various states of disrepair and … Continue reading →

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San Francisco, the Writers Conference, and Other News

Posted by Joanne Huspek

I returned from San Francisco on Monday, taking the red eye. It saves me $75, but it’s a terrible way to fly, especially if you are old and decrepit like I am and can’t sleep sitting up. Note to those … Continue reading →

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Birth of a Query Letter, With Explanations

Posted by Joanne Huspek

Well, I finally took the plunge. This morning I sent out my first bona fide query letter to a real-life literary agent, in NOO Yawk City, no less. Why, you ask, would it take me so long? Well, despite the … Continue reading →

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Giddy with Excitement

Posted by Joanne Huspek

because I placed honorable mention in the recent Query Tracker contest. I spent all day yesterday ya-hooing, smiling, emailing people I know to gloat, posting the above link on my Facebook page, and smiling some more. Now it’s time to … Continue reading →

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What’s Worse? Too Much? or Too Little?

Posted by Joanne Huspek

Stored in my computer are five works in progress in various stages of dress. (I will call them ‘works in progress’ until one of them is printed.) Some need to be dressed up, while one in particular needs to shed … Continue reading →

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New Year, New and Improved Writer (I hope…)

Posted by Joanne Huspek

My last post found me braindead from the frenzied writing I accomplished during the 2009 NaNoWriMo. For once, I finished an entire book in thirty days. Granted, some of the chapters were woefully lacking, but NaNo is an exercise is … Continue reading →

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Totally Brain Dead

Posted by Joanne Huspek

First of all, for those who keep asking how to bookmark my blog, I have to admit ignorance. I have no freakin’ idea how to explain this procedure to anyone. I still don’t get Digg or any of the other … Continue reading →

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