Creating your Writer Platform

A platform is not a list of your credentials, but is the ability to self-market yourself. First, last clichés: Still Wet Behind the Ears – Inexperienced or immature. The term refers to the fact that the last place to dry on a newborn colt or calf is the indentation...

Query letters for an Agent

For me, the query letter is much harder to write than the book. First, last clichés: Not to mince words – To speak plainly, avoiding giving offense. This expression, also used as not to mince matters, dates from Shakespeare’s time (see Othello and Antony and...

Agents

What do you need to know about agents? First, last clichés: My lips are sealed – will keep secret. The idea of keeping one’s mouth tightly shut is much older and sealing up someone else’s lips dates from the late 1700s. However, this phrase became current in the early...