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  • SonnyLong  
    E-books or print?
    As an author and a reader, I love the smell of a new book. I like to hold it, flip the pages, find it face down on my chest after I fall asleep reading. I have never read an e-book. ...
  • SonnyLong  
    Oops!
    I think most of us would agree that technology is a wonderful thing. For aspiring writers trying to land an agent, being able to submit query letters, proposals and manuscripts via e-mail is time saving as well as cost saving. ...
  • SonnyLong  
    Back in business
    Had some technical glitches when switched to the new web site, but now it seems I am back in business. Will get back to my regular blogs ASAP.
  • ALongLook  
    My books for sale on Saturday
    Yeah, this is a shameless plug. On Saturday in Cuero, I'll be set up at the city-wide garage sale at the park selling copies of my independently published books, A Long Look at Life, Vol. 1, Prose and Poetry, and ...
  • ALongLook  
    No news is good news, I guess
    Nothing really new to report on the book front. One agency has a proposal and sample chapters. Several other agents have query letters, and I continue to try and find appropriate agents to send letters to. Keep your fingers crossed. ...
  • ALongLook  
    Readin' about writin'
    My girlfriend's daughter had a fundraiser at school and I bought a couple of magazine subscriptions including one to an old friend, "Writer's Digest." I subscribed to the magazine for several years and leaned heavily on its annual "Writer's Market" ...
  • ALongLook  
    Peer Pressure
    I was talking last night with a fellow writer about character development for a project she's working on. After the discussion, I came to realize that we, as writers, need each other. We need feedback. We need constructive criticism. We can't ...
  • ALongLook  
    Buckle up!
    Well, the roller coaster ride that is the book publishing industry is heading up again! In response to a query letter, I got a response from an agent wanting to see a full proposal and sample chapters of my book. ...
  • ALongLook  
    Trials and tribulations
    After about nine straight days covering two different murder trials, I have to admit I'm glad to be out of the courtroom for awhile. Although I try to maintain my professionalism and distance myself from what I hear in the ...
  • ALongLook  
    Murders on my mind
    Yesterday, Jan. 27, marked the 17th anniversary of the triple homicides of the Butts family in East Texas that I am writing a book about. Seventeen years! Mackenzie, only two at the time she was drowned in the bathtub, would ...
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