http://writeabetternovel.net/those-darned-agents-miriam-altshuler-part-2/ Practical wisdom for novelists and other storytellers Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://writeabetternovel.net/those-darned-agents-miriam-altshuler-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Skip Crayton Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:13:19 +0000 http://truevoice-blog.com/?p=823#comment-236 Your adivce is spot on. Skip Crayton Your adivce is spot on.
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]]> http://writeabetternovel.net/those-darned-agents-miriam-altshuler-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Liz Mallard Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:04:52 +0000 http://truevoice-blog.com/?p=823#comment-228 This is so useful to me. Thanks. I tend to be impatient sometimes and want to send my manuscript off even though I know it is not yet a polished draft. And then I read in the New Yorker about Jonathan Safran Foer writing his first story as a freshman at Princeton in a class with Joyce Carol Oates. She tells him when he arrives early for class, "I'm a fan of your work." After his first story ever! And he goes on to write 300 pages and to publish so soon. Oh, well. Comparisons are odious. I will submit when I'm ready. Thanks for all the tips and for the encouragement. This is so useful to me. Thanks. I tend to be impatient sometimes and want to send my manuscript off even though I know it is not yet a polished draft. And then I read in the New Yorker about Jonathan Safran Foer writing his first story as a freshman at Princeton in a class with Joyce Carol Oates. She tells him when he arrives early for class, “I’m a fan of your work.” After his first story ever! And he goes on to write 300 pages and to publish so soon. Oh, well. Comparisons are odious. I will submit when I’m ready. Thanks for all the tips and for the encouragement.

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