Janet Reid

I don’t normally blog about agents, editors, and querying, but it’s the end of the year and I’ve been doing a lot of thinking. Janet Reid recently urged writers to clean up their web presence, fix broken links on their sites, polish their bios, and various other things to present a professional image. Learn how…

Query Letter Secrets

I once made a comment on Books and Writers about the chances of actually being published given the amount of talent out there. One of the mods responded, “What you see here is not what normally crosses an agent’s desk. Most of the people here are very dedicated, talented writers.” I had to take her…

When An Agent Believes

Rachelle Gardner posted an interesting email and her response on her blog today. In essence, a reader upbraided her for stating she is a Christian agent who works for a Christian literary agency. I have in the past tried to avoid political and religious discussions on this blog even though I have such a small…

Cowboy

I blogged about agents and horse sales a while ago and it got me to thinking about horses that have been special to me. I’ve owned a lot of horses through the years, but there are some who have touched my heart deeply. Cowboy was one of them. I went to the ranch to visit…