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Interview with Melissa Marr – on tour with the Smart Chicks Kick It Tour

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Melissa Marr likes San Diego.  In fact, she returns at every possible opportunity.  Marr's Wicked Lovely series is targeted at teens who enjoy supernatural fiction, a very popular market with teens and many adults.  Marr was recently joined in Encinitas by several of her fellow female authors for the Smart Chicks Kick It Tour,Read the full story on Examiner.com … [Read more...] about Interview with Melissa Marr – on tour with the Smart Chicks Kick It Tour

Agent focus – Taylor Martindale of the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency

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Writers have a love-hate relationship with literary agents.  Every writer would love to have an agent, but hates the idea of being rejected.  But what about the agents?  What do they get out of the relationship—other than hundreds of queries every week and a mountain of manuscripts from hopeful writers?  Taylor Martiindale of the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency provides … [Read more...] about Agent focus – Taylor Martindale of the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency

“Three ways to publish” discussed at Sisters in Crime

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At the September meeting of Sisters in Crime, Linda Schroeder discussed the alternative routes now available to writers to publish their material.  Schroeder is a member of the Small Publishers Association of North America and her mystery, Artists and Thieves, was recently published by an independent publisher.Read the full article at Examiner.com … [Read more...] about “Three ways to publish” discussed at Sisters in Crime

Julian Literary Festival a hit

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The Literary Festival sponsored by the San Diego County Library on Saturday, August 21 was quite a success.  The library staff put on a "fabulous" event according to both speakers, Taylor Martindale of the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency and Sue Ann Jaffarian, author of three different mystery series.Read the full story on Examiner.com … [Read more...] about Julian Literary Festival a hit