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Thursday, August 30, 2007
Yosemite Writers Conference: Demystifying Chick lit and Women’s fiction
I remember the reactions I received last year during the 2006 Yosemite Writers Conference when I said "women's fiction" was the genre my writing fell into. Some people assumed I wrote chick lit and responded as if it wasn't a real genre.
Why such a reaction? What’s wrong with women’s fiction? Nothing. I was simply a minority in a sea of mystery and thriller writers.
So I was excited to learn that at this year’s conference Farrin Jacobs, co-author of See Jane Write: A Girl’s Guide to Writing Chick lit, which I bought at last year’s conference, and a former chick lit editor was conducting a workshop called “Chick lit is dead and other myths about women’s fiction.”
Is chick lit dead? According to Jacobs chick lit is not dead, however, because of its popularity and market saturation it’s harder to get chick lit published now than a few years ago.
In a heavily saturated market, how do you get your chick lit novel or women’s fiction novel published? Quite simply, you have to make your novel stand out. Jacobs stated, “you have to have perfectly imperfect main characters that are identifiable to every woman; you have to get your chick lit voice down and write the novel you want to write, and you have to know your audience.”
The thing that chick lit or women’s fiction does very well is deal with tough issues in a humorous, human way. A perfect example is Jennifer Weiner’s debut novel, Good in Bed, where she wrote:
“Loving a Larger Woman,” said the headline, “By Bruce Guberman.” Bruce Guberman had been my boyfriend for just over three years, until we’d decided to take a break three months ago. And the Larger Woman, I could only assume, was me.”
Weiner, who is now a household name in the world of chick lit, cleverly propels her character and the reader on a journey of self-esteem issues and self-discovery that is poignant, endearing and quite funny.
And let’s not forget Helen Fielding, the queen of chick lit who created the character of Bridget Jones and gave her to the world through her novels Bridget Jones' Diary and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. For Bridget Jones lurks in every woman everywhere no matter how hard we try to hide her.
Chick lit as we know it today stems from or is modernized Jane Austin. Jane Austin is the real first lady of chick lit or women’s fiction. She helped create a genre for women when it wasn’t fashionable to be a woman author.
What I love about chick lit or women’s fiction is that it deals with the tough issues, the emotional issues, and while the writing can be very literary, it’s also smart and humorous, like women.
Jacobs covered the basics of writing chick lit and women’s fiction in her workshop discussing the importance of character development, character arc, pacing, plot, tense, point of view, the art of having a storytelling device, and the ending. “Chick lit wants either a happy ending or the promise of a happy ending,” Jacobs stated, “however, if your work is more literary your ending may be more ambiguous.”
The chick lit label does come with somewhat of a stigma. I think it has to do with all the pink book covers and references to shoes. Which is great for marketing, but for some reason the term chick lit sends a message that its not serious fiction. Whereas the term women’s fiction seems to have more depth. In a recent interview with Lara Tupper, author of A Thousand and One Nights, I asked her thoughts about chick lit and the chick lit label.
Here’s what Tupper had to say:
“I think the chick-lit label is problematic because it implies that a book is meant to be read by a certain demographic. And I find the term itself a little confusing-- not at all subversive (as in “we are chicks, hear us roar”). It’s become synonymous with ‘light’ subject matter and I’m not sure why that is. Because it’s written by women about women? A book such as Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity (a book I adore) is also a novel about pop songs and relationships. It’s narrated from a male point of view and yet it’s certainly not a book meant only for men. So I think the label chick lit points to a misconception or a double standard based on gender: Women write books for women while men write books for all.
That said, I think there’s nothing wrong with ‘light’—and I think it’s entirely possible for novels to be both ‘entertaining’ and substantive. In A Thousand and One Nights, I try to use pop lyrics in service of humor and to place the reader quite firmly in the mid to late 1990’s. But I also try to say something about disillusionment.”
I agree with Tupper that the label chick lit can have some negative connotations. It’s almost like saying men read real books and women read the pink fluffy books called chick lit. However, some chick lit can be just as compelling as the 'real' books. I’ve laughed and cried my way through chick lit just as I have more literary works.
As a reader and writer of chick lit and women’s fiction, I was pleased to have the genre represented at the conference and presented so well by Farrin Jacobs. I learned a lot more about chick lit and women’s fiction, why I love it and why I want to write it.
More on the 2007 Yosemite Writers Conference:
Yosemite Writers Conference: Demystifying Chick lit and Women’s fiction
Yosemite Writers Conference: Poetry talk
Mystery talk after David Morrell's big speech
2007 Yosemite Writers Conference: Brenda Knight Sidesteps the TVA man
Yosemite Writers and the Chukchansi bathroom break
Headed to Yosemite Writers Conference to talk writing for social change
I remember the reactions I received last year during the 2006 Yosemite Writers Conference when I said "women's fiction" was the genre my writing fell into. Some people assumed I wrote chick lit and responded as if it wasn't a real genre.
Why such a reaction? What’s wrong with women’s fiction? Nothing. I was simply a minority in a sea of mystery and thriller writers.
So I was excited to learn that at this year’s conference Farrin Jacobs, co-author of See Jane Write: A Girl’s Guide to Writing Chick lit, which I bought at last year’s conference, and a former chick lit editor was conducting a workshop called “Chick lit is dead and other myths about women’s fiction.”
Is chick lit dead? According to Jacobs chick lit is not dead, however, because of its popularity and market saturation it’s harder to get chick lit published now than a few years ago.
In a heavily saturated market, how do you get your chick lit novel or women’s fiction novel published? Quite simply, you have to make your novel stand out. Jacobs stated, “you have to have perfectly imperfect main characters that are identifiable to every woman; you have to get your chick lit voice down and write the novel you want to write, and you have to know your audience.”
The thing that chick lit or women’s fiction does very well is deal with tough issues in a humorous, human way. A perfect example is Jennifer Weiner’s debut novel, Good in Bed, where she wrote:
“Loving a Larger Woman,” said the headline, “By Bruce Guberman.” Bruce Guberman had been my boyfriend for just over three years, until we’d decided to take a break three months ago. And the Larger Woman, I could only assume, was me.”
Weiner, who is now a household name in the world of chick lit, cleverly propels her character and the reader on a journey of self-esteem issues and self-discovery that is poignant, endearing and quite funny.
And let’s not forget Helen Fielding, the queen of chick lit who created the character of Bridget Jones and gave her to the world through her novels Bridget Jones' Diary and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. For Bridget Jones lurks in every woman everywhere no matter how hard we try to hide her.
Chick lit as we know it today stems from or is modernized Jane Austin. Jane Austin is the real first lady of chick lit or women’s fiction. She helped create a genre for women when it wasn’t fashionable to be a woman author.
What I love about chick lit or women’s fiction is that it deals with the tough issues, the emotional issues, and while the writing can be very literary, it’s also smart and humorous, like women.
Jacobs covered the basics of writing chick lit and women’s fiction in her workshop discussing the importance of character development, character arc, pacing, plot, tense, point of view, the art of having a storytelling device, and the ending. “Chick lit wants either a happy ending or the promise of a happy ending,” Jacobs stated, “however, if your work is more literary your ending may be more ambiguous.”
The chick lit label does come with somewhat of a stigma. I think it has to do with all the pink book covers and references to shoes. Which is great for marketing, but for some reason the term chick lit sends a message that its not serious fiction. Whereas the term women’s fiction seems to have more depth. In a recent interview with Lara Tupper, author of A Thousand and One Nights, I asked her thoughts about chick lit and the chick lit label.
Here’s what Tupper had to say:
“I think the chick-lit label is problematic because it implies that a book is meant to be read by a certain demographic. And I find the term itself a little confusing-- not at all subversive (as in “we are chicks, hear us roar”). It’s become synonymous with ‘light’ subject matter and I’m not sure why that is. Because it’s written by women about women? A book such as Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity (a book I adore) is also a novel about pop songs and relationships. It’s narrated from a male point of view and yet it’s certainly not a book meant only for men. So I think the label chick lit points to a misconception or a double standard based on gender: Women write books for women while men write books for all.
That said, I think there’s nothing wrong with ‘light’—and I think it’s entirely possible for novels to be both ‘entertaining’ and substantive. In A Thousand and One Nights, I try to use pop lyrics in service of humor and to place the reader quite firmly in the mid to late 1990’s. But I also try to say something about disillusionment.”
I agree with Tupper that the label chick lit can have some negative connotations. It’s almost like saying men read real books and women read the pink fluffy books called chick lit. However, some chick lit can be just as compelling as the 'real' books. I’ve laughed and cried my way through chick lit just as I have more literary works.
As a reader and writer of chick lit and women’s fiction, I was pleased to have the genre represented at the conference and presented so well by Farrin Jacobs. I learned a lot more about chick lit and women’s fiction, why I love it and why I want to write it.
More on the 2007 Yosemite Writers Conference:
Yosemite Writers Conference: Demystifying Chick lit and Women’s fiction
Yosemite Writers Conference: Poetry talk
Mystery talk after David Morrell's big speech
2007 Yosemite Writers Conference: Brenda Knight Sidesteps the TVA man
Yosemite Writers and the Chukchansi bathroom break
Headed to Yosemite Writers Conference to talk writing for social change
Labels: Bridget Jones' Diary, chick lit, Farrin Jacobs, Fiction, Good in Bed, Jennifer Weiner, Lara Tupper, Literary, Noveltown, women's fiction, Yosemite Writers Conference
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Yosemite Writers and the Chukchansi bathroom break
This afternoon N.L. and I hit the road for the Yosemite Writers Conference. Along the way we talked about writing, writers, blogging, social change, social networking sites, local media, the conference, and even rocks and geology all while the Killers blasted from the radio a song about a Las Vegas casino called Sam’s Town. We both agreed that it takes more than just being a great writer to get published. It’s about the connections you make, your author platform, and self-promotion. All that networking along with your great writing might just be the luck you need to connect with a literary agent or editor at a writer’s conference to become a published author.
Luck is hard to come by in the literary world on the quest to be published. You can’t wait for luck. You have to make things happen. You have to take risks. You have to put yourself out there.
At the time we didn’t know a casino up the road and a little luck would be the beginning of our Yosemite Writers Conference experience.
Not big gamblers N.L. and I are not big fans of casinos, however, the Chukchansi casino on Highway 41 seemed like a great place to stop for a bathroom break.
We walked through the casino past zombie-like gamblers feeding slot machines as the festive sounds of the spinning slot machine wheels filled our ears. It was intoxicating. Those bells and whistles, the spinning numbers, the chance to be lucky, the dream of a big jackpot, everyone was hypnotized.
N.L. and I decided to spend five dollars on the Wheel of Fortune dollar slot machines. I only had three ones so I put them in a machine and hit “bet max credit” the wheels spun around and I lost my three dollars. That was enough gambling for us. We decided to check out the restaurants.
We walked past a few restaurants when a slot machine with flying spinning balls caught our attention. It was a Big Spin Slotto (lotto) dollar slot machine. The flying balls were cool we decided to waste a few more dollars. I put ten dollars into the Slotto machine and bet one credit at a time to make the experience last longer than three seconds. On my last dollar the wheels spun around two sevens and a triple space, I had won. N.L. and I watched the credits add up to $454! We both hit the cash-out button and found a cashier.
That face is one of total shock!
Luck?
I’ve never been that lucky before, but by investing thirteen dollars I had just covered my conference expenses. I would call that luck.
Basking in my lucky winnings, we ate dinner at an Asian restaurant in the casino. At the end of the meal, the fortune in my fortune cookie said: “You will gain money by a speculation or lottery.”
A strange coincidence?
I wonder what Hazel Dixon-Cooper, Cosmopolitan’s bedside astrologer, author of Born on a Rotten Day and Love on a Rotten Day, and a presenter at this year’s Yosemite Writers Conference would have to say about it.
Perhaps this stroke of luck will continue through the conference and the connections N.L. and I make for Noveltown and for our own writing careers.
This afternoon N.L. and I hit the road for the Yosemite Writers Conference. Along the way we talked about writing, writers, blogging, social change, social networking sites, local media, the conference, and even rocks and geology all while the Killers blasted from the radio a song about a Las Vegas casino called Sam’s Town. We both agreed that it takes more than just being a great writer to get published. It’s about the connections you make, your author platform, and self-promotion. All that networking along with your great writing might just be the luck you need to connect with a literary agent or editor at a writer’s conference to become a published author.
Luck is hard to come by in the literary world on the quest to be published. You can’t wait for luck. You have to make things happen. You have to take risks. You have to put yourself out there.
At the time we didn’t know a casino up the road and a little luck would be the beginning of our Yosemite Writers Conference experience.
Not big gamblers N.L. and I are not big fans of casinos, however, the Chukchansi casino on Highway 41 seemed like a great place to stop for a bathroom break.
We walked through the casino past zombie-like gamblers feeding slot machines as the festive sounds of the spinning slot machine wheels filled our ears. It was intoxicating. Those bells and whistles, the spinning numbers, the chance to be lucky, the dream of a big jackpot, everyone was hypnotized.
N.L. and I decided to spend five dollars on the Wheel of Fortune dollar slot machines. I only had three ones so I put them in a machine and hit “bet max credit” the wheels spun around and I lost my three dollars. That was enough gambling for us. We decided to check out the restaurants.
We walked past a few restaurants when a slot machine with flying spinning balls caught our attention. It was a Big Spin Slotto (lotto) dollar slot machine. The flying balls were cool we decided to waste a few more dollars. I put ten dollars into the Slotto machine and bet one credit at a time to make the experience last longer than three seconds. On my last dollar the wheels spun around two sevens and a triple space, I had won. N.L. and I watched the credits add up to $454! We both hit the cash-out button and found a cashier.
That face is one of total shock!
Luck?
I’ve never been that lucky before, but by investing thirteen dollars I had just covered my conference expenses. I would call that luck.
Basking in my lucky winnings, we ate dinner at an Asian restaurant in the casino. At the end of the meal, the fortune in my fortune cookie said: “You will gain money by a speculation or lottery.”
A strange coincidence?
I wonder what Hazel Dixon-Cooper, Cosmopolitan’s bedside astrologer, author of Born on a Rotten Day and Love on a Rotten Day, and a presenter at this year’s Yosemite Writers Conference would have to say about it.
Perhaps this stroke of luck will continue through the conference and the connections N.L. and I make for Noveltown and for our own writing careers.
Labels: casinos, Chukchansi casino, gamboling, Hazel Dixon-Cooper, luck, Noveltown, slot machines, Yosemite Writers Conference
Friday, August 17, 2007
Schedule for the Yosemite Writers Conference
In a recent interview with Bonnie Hearn Hill about the Yosemite Writers Conference, she stated:
“We have four workshops an hour geared for everyone at every stage of her/his career; however, we encourage writers to follow their passion. If a beginning writer wants to attend a workshop on how to sell books to film, that’s fine. I should add that we have a talented sound professional from Hawaii recording all of the workshops, so if you miss one you think you might like, you can purchase a CD.”
Wow! That’s a lot of workshops! And there are a lot of great topics being covered! There are a couple of timeslots where I wish I could clone myself and sit in two workshops at the same time. I just might have to purchase a CD of the workshops so I don’t miss anything.
Take a look at the schedule of workshops for next week’s Yosemite Writers Conference:
Friday August 24:
9:15 – 10:15 AM –
Sharpen Your Hooks – Fiction
Writing For Social Change
Writing and Publishing Your Memoir
Writing Anthologies For the Soul
10:45 – 11:45 AM –
Ghosting Where the Money is: A Guide to Co-authoring
How to Stand Out in the Nonfiction Market
Selling to Chronicle Books
Editing Poetry: Entering the process whole and coming out humming
1:45 – 2:45 PM –
All About Platform: If You Build It, They Will Come
Spiritual Writing in the Age of The Secret
Selling to Tor Books
Chick Lit is Dead, and Other Myths About Women's Fiction
3:00 – 4:00 PM –
How to Pitch an Editor
Rates, rights and rules of engagement: What you need to know about magazine freelancing
Selling to Weiser Books
Take Your Book to the Movies
Saturday August 25:
9:15 – 10:15 AM –
He, She and the Dreaded Omniscient: Point of View at Close Range
Confessions of a Contest Judge
Picture Book Manuscript Critique
Beyond the Basics - What Every Author Needs to Know Before, During and After Publication
10:45 – 11: 45 AM –
Sharpen your Hooks – Nonfiction
Blogging Your Way to Fame
1:45 – 2:45 PM –
How to Pitch an Agent
Murder, They Wrote: A Guide to Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers
Writing for Guideposts
3:00 – 4:00 PM –
Tapping the Hot YA Market
Invisible Genius: Ghostwriting for The Penn Group
Twisting the Mystery Plot
*****************
www.noveltown.net
www.yosemitewriters.com
In a recent interview with Bonnie Hearn Hill about the Yosemite Writers Conference, she stated:
“We have four workshops an hour geared for everyone at every stage of her/his career; however, we encourage writers to follow their passion. If a beginning writer wants to attend a workshop on how to sell books to film, that’s fine. I should add that we have a talented sound professional from Hawaii recording all of the workshops, so if you miss one you think you might like, you can purchase a CD.”
Wow! That’s a lot of workshops! And there are a lot of great topics being covered! There are a couple of timeslots where I wish I could clone myself and sit in two workshops at the same time. I just might have to purchase a CD of the workshops so I don’t miss anything.
Take a look at the schedule of workshops for next week’s Yosemite Writers Conference:
Friday August 24:
9:15 – 10:15 AM –
Sharpen Your Hooks – Fiction
Writing For Social Change
Writing and Publishing Your Memoir
Writing Anthologies For the Soul
10:45 – 11:45 AM –
Ghosting Where the Money is: A Guide to Co-authoring
How to Stand Out in the Nonfiction Market
Selling to Chronicle Books
Editing Poetry: Entering the process whole and coming out humming
1:45 – 2:45 PM –
All About Platform: If You Build It, They Will Come
Spiritual Writing in the Age of The Secret
Selling to Tor Books
Chick Lit is Dead, and Other Myths About Women's Fiction
3:00 – 4:00 PM –
How to Pitch an Editor
Rates, rights and rules of engagement: What you need to know about magazine freelancing
Selling to Weiser Books
Take Your Book to the Movies
Saturday August 25:
9:15 – 10:15 AM –
He, She and the Dreaded Omniscient: Point of View at Close Range
Confessions of a Contest Judge
Picture Book Manuscript Critique
Beyond the Basics - What Every Author Needs to Know Before, During and After Publication
10:45 – 11: 45 AM –
Sharpen your Hooks – Nonfiction
Blogging Your Way to Fame
1:45 – 2:45 PM –
How to Pitch an Agent
Murder, They Wrote: A Guide to Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers
Writing for Guideposts
3:00 – 4:00 PM –
Tapping the Hot YA Market
Invisible Genius: Ghostwriting for The Penn Group
Twisting the Mystery Plot
*****************
www.noveltown.net
www.yosemitewriters.com
Labels: Bonnie Hearn Hill, editors, Fiction, literary agents, Mystery, non-fiction, Noveltown, women's fiction, workshops, Writing, Yosemite Writers Conference
Are you going to the Yosemite Writers Conference?
There's still time to sign up!
The Yosemite Writers Conference is just around the corner. Quite literally. In fact its next week, August 24-26. My excitement is growing by leaps and bounds. I can’t wait to be among so many great writers that I admire. I can’t wait to attend the workshops and panels and soak up all the knowledge I can about writing and the publishing world. I can’t wait to connect to writers from all over the country. I can’t wait to be inspired!
Noveltown is going. Are you?
Want to meet literary agents, publishers, editors, and authors?
Want to learn about the many facets of writing in today’s literary world?
Whether you’re a published author or just realized that you want to be a writer, the Yosemite Writer’s Conference is for you.
Noveltown’s own N.L. Belardes will be speaking at this year’s Yosemite Writer’s Conference, among many others. (Read my previous interview with N.L. about his speaking at the YWC).
I’ve literally been vibrating with anticipation for the Yosemite Writers Conference. I couldn’t take it anymore. I needed a preview. You know, like a movie trailer. A teaser. The coming attractions as it were. I went straight to the source. I tracked down Bonnie Hearn Hill, accomplished novelist, instructor and one of many who work very hard each year to put on the Yosemite Writers Conference and I asked her a few questions about what we could expect at this years conference.
She was kind enough to oblige me, instruct me, and encourage me. Read the interview.
Bonnie Hearn Hill
Volunteer faculty
Novelist and instructor
Noveltown: Who are the ‘big’ agents and editors attending the Yosemite Writers Conference this year?
BHH: Please, honey. Never use orphan quotes, and especially not single orphan quotes. I’m excited about all of our agents. Irene Webb is a top film agent. June Clark specializes in nonfiction and works for a leading New York agency. Katharine Sands is also with a major NY firm, and Jeffery McGraw and Arlene Cardoza are building their lists and actively seeking new writers. This is a great opportunity to learn from the people who are in the best position to know what sells.
Noveltown: Which conference panel or workshop are you most excited about this year?
BHH: I’m really excited about the young adult panel. That’s a great market, and we have Farrin Jacobs from HarperCollins, Susan Chang from Tor, along with Melissa Manlove from Chronicle Books. Melissa is also presenting a two-hour picture book critique workshop, and she’s actually doing free line edits. For those who are ready to test their work, the Sharpen Your Hooks workshops are an almost painless way to get feedback. For the first time this year, we’re offering one for fiction and one for nonfiction. Also for the first time, we’re offering two workshops on the high-paying ghostwriting field with representatives of a New York ghostwriting firm, and a magazine-writing panel for those who want to write articles. So I sound as if I’m excited about everything, right? For me, though, the most intriguing might be the Sunday morning one with our Saturday keynote David Morrell, the author who created Rambo. David is actively involved in the conference this year, and he asked if he could do a bonus workshop on Sunday on marketing for writers. I can’t wait.
(Read the full blog and interview on Paperback Writer)
*************
www.noveltown.net
www.yosemitewriters.com
There's still time to sign up!
The Yosemite Writers Conference is just around the corner. Quite literally. In fact its next week, August 24-26. My excitement is growing by leaps and bounds. I can’t wait to be among so many great writers that I admire. I can’t wait to attend the workshops and panels and soak up all the knowledge I can about writing and the publishing world. I can’t wait to connect to writers from all over the country. I can’t wait to be inspired!
Noveltown is going. Are you?
Want to meet literary agents, publishers, editors, and authors?
Want to learn about the many facets of writing in today’s literary world?
Whether you’re a published author or just realized that you want to be a writer, the Yosemite Writer’s Conference is for you.
Noveltown’s own N.L. Belardes will be speaking at this year’s Yosemite Writer’s Conference, among many others. (Read my previous interview with N.L. about his speaking at the YWC).
I’ve literally been vibrating with anticipation for the Yosemite Writers Conference. I couldn’t take it anymore. I needed a preview. You know, like a movie trailer. A teaser. The coming attractions as it were. I went straight to the source. I tracked down Bonnie Hearn Hill, accomplished novelist, instructor and one of many who work very hard each year to put on the Yosemite Writers Conference and I asked her a few questions about what we could expect at this years conference.
She was kind enough to oblige me, instruct me, and encourage me. Read the interview.
Bonnie Hearn Hill
Volunteer faculty
Novelist and instructor
Noveltown: Who are the ‘big’ agents and editors attending the Yosemite Writers Conference this year?
BHH: Please, honey. Never use orphan quotes, and especially not single orphan quotes. I’m excited about all of our agents. Irene Webb is a top film agent. June Clark specializes in nonfiction and works for a leading New York agency. Katharine Sands is also with a major NY firm, and Jeffery McGraw and Arlene Cardoza are building their lists and actively seeking new writers. This is a great opportunity to learn from the people who are in the best position to know what sells.
Noveltown: Which conference panel or workshop are you most excited about this year?
BHH: I’m really excited about the young adult panel. That’s a great market, and we have Farrin Jacobs from HarperCollins, Susan Chang from Tor, along with Melissa Manlove from Chronicle Books. Melissa is also presenting a two-hour picture book critique workshop, and she’s actually doing free line edits. For those who are ready to test their work, the Sharpen Your Hooks workshops are an almost painless way to get feedback. For the first time this year, we’re offering one for fiction and one for nonfiction. Also for the first time, we’re offering two workshops on the high-paying ghostwriting field with representatives of a New York ghostwriting firm, and a magazine-writing panel for those who want to write articles. So I sound as if I’m excited about everything, right? For me, though, the most intriguing might be the Sunday morning one with our Saturday keynote David Morrell, the author who created Rambo. David is actively involved in the conference this year, and he asked if he could do a bonus workshop on Sunday on marketing for writers. I can’t wait.
(Read the full blog and interview on Paperback Writer)
*************
www.noveltown.net
www.yosemitewriters.com
Labels: Bonnie Hearn Hill, editors, literary agents, N.L. Belardes, Noveltown, Writing, Yosemite Writers Conference
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