Janet Reid, Literary Agent

"Never miss a chance to do good"--David Stanley

Showing posts with label great writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label great writing. Show all posts
Thursday, April 27, 2017

Speaking of the Canon

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The canon is what one must have read to be considered well-educated. There is the canon for Western civilization which is largely books th...
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Thursday, August 22, 2013

Powerful writing: an example

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"Learning to love is a task for a lifetime. We get to spend our whole lives learning to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and ...
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Monday, February 01, 2010

If you are a writer, read this

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I want to understand how it is that being by myself with my keyboard is when I feel least alone. That's from Betsy Lerner's blog....
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Monday, January 18, 2010

Are you on the right side of the bars?

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photo credit and caption here We remember Martin Luther King as a great orator, and a brave leader. Sometimes overlooked is the fact ...
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Monday, January 04, 2010

word hooligans

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I looked at those daunting stats for 2009 and realized I read a LOT of mss, maybe too many. Then I see Jennifer Jackson's (a fiercely ta...
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Friday, December 25, 2009

What to get a shark for Christmas

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The year I was ten, I got a horse for Christmas . Mum could have made Legume Surprise on Toast for dinner every night for the rest of my li...
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I'm a literary agent in NYC. I specialize in crime fiction and narrative non-fiction (history and biography.) I'll be glad to receive a query letter from you; guidelines to help you decide if I'm looking for what you write are below. There are several posts labelled "query pitfalls" and "annoy me" that may help you avoid some common mistakes when querying.
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