Recent content by akaMaryn

There's no reason to seek an agent who's local. You want an agent who's where the heart of the business is, in this case southern California (or perhaps New York). The writer need never meet face to face with an agent. All matters can be handled via email, mail, and phone. While a handful of...

I know of a book that might be it, although I'm just guessing. Friends talked about it, but I never saw it. "The Jolly Postman" or maybe "The Jolly Jolly Postman." It definitely had envelopes.

I don't know about that specific book. You might seek identical books at AbeBooks.com or ebay, where asking price means nothing but amount bid suggests actual value. Now the bad news. Many older books that seem like they ought to be valuable aren’t. Leather bound classics, in good condition...

Is there a law that says your employment has to utilize your education?

A critique group for spec fic is Critters: http://www.critters.org General purpose crit groups include Critique Circle and Forward Motion Writers: http://www.critiquecircle.com and http://fmwriters.com/index.html I have no experience with any of those three. All I know is that they're free and...

A critique group for spec fic is Critters: http://www.critters.org General purpose crit groups include Critique Circle and Forward Motion Writers: http://www.critiquecircle.com and http://fmwriters.com/index.html I have no experience with any of those three. All I know is that they're free and...

It sounds to me like you need to find another place where you can access information on her, or to speak to the people who control the school's computers and ask how you can research Ms. Voigt when the sites you find are blocked by the school. The intention of blocking sites is protecting...

You're *probably* safe, but no method of birth control is 100%, and withdrawal is substantially less effective than most methods. For that reason, I recommend you use both a condom and another form of birth control, increasing the chances that you will be protected from an unwanted pregnancy by...

Jumanji. The movie's fairly different, FWIW.

Neither. First you'd have to determine if a parent will sign in your behalf in an agent's contract and in a publishing contract. If they won't, there's no point in proceeding, since you cannot enter into a contract. Second, you would not mention your age to a prospective agent. They don't...

Neither. First you'd have to determine if a parent will sign in your behalf in an agent's contract and in a publishing contract. If they won't, there's no point in proceeding, since you cannot enter into a contract. Second, you would not mention your age to a prospective agent. They don't...

iLove, the best advice I can give you is to plan the whole thing, in detail, before you write a word. Know who the main characters are. Know what happens at the beginning; what need, desire, or goal it creates for the main character; how s/he works toward the goal; what obstacles s/he faces; how...

You could go for an advanced degree and teach at a higher level, where the students are choosing to take your course rather than required to. That makes a lot of difference.

knife, it's such a lovely book, I really hope that you'll find the time to read it. Don't count on the movie (if you can even find it); it's different. Mr. Bradford clearly understood the teenagers of his time.

knife, it's such a lovely book, I really hope that you'll find the time to read it. Don't count on the movie (if you can even find it); it's different. Mr. Bradford clearly understood the teenagers of his time.