by Michelle | Sep 29, 2015 | I like, MSWL, reading, recent, storytelling, writing
This is fourth in a five-part series on Magical Realism. If you haven’t read Part 1: What Is Magical Realism?, I’d recommend starting there. “Our human tragedy is that we are unable to comprehend our experience, it slips through our fingers, we can’t hold...
by Michelle | Sep 29, 2015 | agenty stuff, craft, I like, MSWL, querying, recent, storytelling, writing
This is the third in a five-part series on Magical Realism. If you haven’t read the first two, I recommend starting with Part 1: What Is Magical Realism? “I began to wonder whether anything truly existed, whether reality wasn’t an unformed and gelatinous...
by Michelle | Sep 1, 2015 | agenty stuff, authors, conferences, I like, nitty gritty, querying, recent
Last week on Twitter, some agents got to talking about pitch sessions at writing conferences. It was a good discussion with responses that pretty much echoed the others: While we love attending conferences and meeting writers, pitch sessions themselves are ineffective...
