marlena frank
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Writing, Submissions, and Treadmill Desks
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Catching the Right Idea
There’s been a disturbance in Leekston. Suzie is unaware of it at first, but as the repercussions echo throughout her home life and threaten her family life, she begins asking questions. What she slowly uncovers not only answers long unanswered questions, but makes her realize how deep the deception goes. Will Suzie learn the truth?…
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Take a Deep Breath
No writing done today, but I did get some preparations done for my agent search to be started soon. Signed up for an account on Writer’s Market (finally) and located some convenient How-To’s on writing query letters. Found a few potential agents to query and cross referenced them with info on the Absolute Write “Water…
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Monkey Wrenches get a Bad Rep
Remember when I said that sometimes you never know what direction your story is headed? I certainly feel like it’s one of those times. I mean, I know where it’s ultimately headed, but this blackmailed dude has grabbed the reigns and desperately wants in on this piece. So I’m giving him a few scenes and…
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Progress is progress, no matter how small
Here’s my current update for the Sequel to Suzie’s Nightmare. Darn it, I really need to come up with a good title for this! Project: Sequel to Suzie’s Nightmare Deadline: End of 2011 (Preferably much sooner) New words written: 743 Present total word count: 4,071 Total Word Count for 2011: 23,580 Got a good bit…