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Daily archive for July 30, 2025

Hat Lecture Redux

On July 30, 2025   /   Writing  
Tags: classic or requested, the biz, writing life

Open Mike Question: How do you deal with the waiting period after you submit to agents? I just finished my first book and sent it out to a handful of agents, and I can’t help thinking about it and waiting and wondering all the time, but there’s

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Books

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    Thirteenth Child
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    Across the Great Barrier
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    The Far West
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Appearances

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    On June 19-21, 2026, Fourth Street Fantasy will hold an in-person convention at...
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