The wunderbar author of the Jacob Wonderbar series of books tells us something we all need to know -how to write a query letter that actually piques its reader’s interest enough to be answered.
Once you’ve written a fantastic query letter and compiled a list of reputable literary agents who specialize in your genre: it’s go time, baby. Here’s my best strategy for sending out query letters.
Cord Cutters News’ Luke Bouma gives us the latest on the cord cutting front, from Disney+’s debut to the startling announcement that Hulu is now the largest live TV streaming service with 2.7 users.
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Frustrated as a female musician? Fear not! Diane Jones has been featuring women in music on her radio shows and writing new tunes so women won’t be stuck singing the blues.
When Trio Casals performs “Earth Rise,” at Carnegie Hall on February 5th, it will kick off a new year for its Central New York Composer, Diane Jones.
Leading up to the winter concert, Jones had been creating a virtual symphony of synergy for women in music. At the 16th annual Syracuse International Film Festival, Jones debuted her new score for the screening of a century-old film, “The Doll.”
According to data compiled over the last four hundred years by the Office of Fairy Queens, Mermaids, and Witch Doctors, thousands — and possibly billions — of writers live with a loud, critical voice inside their heads. These voices were often implanted in early childhood by a well-meaning but often unstable or narcissistic parent, teacher, or coach. Most often, these voices insist that the writer is not good enough, smart enough, talented enough, or special enough to succeed in their endeavors. In longitudinal studies, respondents referred to these voices as persistent, screeching, and demonic in nature.
Those suffering from GWPD are often highly-sensitive and may also suffer from ‘Weltschmerz’. In the 1790s, German author Johann Paul Friedrich Richter coined the term, which means — melancholy and world-weariness. This melodramatic world-view permeated the works of many romantic writers, including Lord Byron, Oscar Wilde, William Blake, and Marquis de Sade.
Last night, members of the WGA received the following email about a situation with ramifications everywhere. (P.S. This seems to me to be a Good Thing and, I hope, a harbinger of even Better Things to come:)
November 18, 2019
Dear Members,