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Beyond Good Writing: Two Literary Agents Discuss What Matters Most – by Sangeeta Mehta…

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on Jane Friedman site:

Almost anyone who has spent time in the query trenches knows how challenging it is to capture the attention of a literary agent.

Most agents, even new agents eager to build their client list, pass on over 90 percent of the queries they receive. In some cases, the reason is obvious: The agent doesn’t represent the writer’s genre; the writer has written a synopsis rather than a query letter; the agent isn’t accepting queries, at all.

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Call for Submissions: 6th Ghetto Biennale 2019

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The 6th Ghetto Biennale 2019, organized around the theme “The Haitian Revolution and Beyond,” will take place from November 29 until December 20, 2019. The extended deadline is May 10, 2019 (BST). See details below and at Ghetto Biennale.

A call for artists and curators: The Haitian Revolution, possibly one of the most important and overlooked, revolutions of the world appears to have been written out of Western history.

“The silencing of the Haitian Revolution is only...

A Poem a Day Series 2019 – Day 25

On Reason and Passion

Kahlil Gibran, 1883 – 1931

And the priestess spoke again and said: Speak to us of Reason and Passion.

And he answered, saying:

Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon which your reason and your judgement wage war against your passion and your appetite.

Would that I could be the peacemaker in your soul, that I might turn the discord and the rivalry of your elements into oneness and melody.

But how shall I, unless you yourselves be also the peacemakers, nay, the lovers...

Saying No to Twitter: What Authors Need to Know – by Daniel Berkowitz…

This post could even be called “Saying no to ___ (Facebook, Instagram, etc.). I personally do not have Twitter or Facebook (etc.) on my phone. And I never will. I like the freedom of being unplugged. If I can’t immediately post something . . . that’s okay.
Lapè ak trankilite. Pou mwen. Paix et tranquillité. Pour moi.

A one-woman band: Polly Pattullo of Papillote PRess

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An interview with Robert Lee for T&T’s Newsday.

Papillote Press is a small publishing house based in London and Dominica. It started publishing books exclusively about Dominica and by Dominicans, but more recently has expanded to include writings from TT, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St Vincent and now St Lucia. Its list includes a range of genres from children’s picture books to history and memoir. Three of its books are winners of the Burt Award for Young Adult Caribbean litera...

A Poem a Day Series 2019 – Day 24

Your Name Winifred M. Letts, 1882 – 1972 When I can dare at last to speak your name It shall not be with hushed and reverent speech As if your spirit were beyond the reach Of homely merry things, kind jest or game. Death shall not hide you in some jewelled shrine Nor set you in marmoreal pomp apart, You who still share the ingle of my heart, Participant in every thought of mine. Your name, when I can dare to speak it, dear, Shall still be linked with laughter and with joy. No s...

Don’t Reinvent the Publishing Wheel … Discover the Freedom of Repurposing – by Judith Briles…

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on The Book Designer:

Not a week goes by when I don’t get an email or a phone call with an “I don’t know what to write about” statement from an author.

Some are in the newbie realm; others who have been publishing for years.

The subject could be a blog. Adding to the ezine. Or gulp, a new book.

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A Poem a Day Series 2019 – Day 23

April 23 is Lover’s Day, a day to celebrate your significant other and let them know how much they mean to you. Rain Jean Starr Untermeyer I have always hated the rain, And the gloom of grayed skies. But now I think I must always cherish Rain-hung leaf and the misty river; And the friendly screen of dripping green Where eager kisses were shyly given And your pipe-smoke made clouds in our damp, close heaven. The curious laggard passed us by, His wet shoes soughed on the shining...

A Poem a Day Series 2019 – Day 22

Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22.

A Moment’s Interlude Richard Aldington, 1892 – 1962 One night I wandered alone from my comrades’ huts; The grasshoppers chirped softly In the warm misty evening; Bracken fronds beckoned from the darkness With exquisite frail green fingers; The tree gods muttered affectionately about me, And from the distance came the grumble of a kindly train. I was so happy to be alone, So full of love for the great speechless earth, That I...

Does My Book Need Copyright Protection? Then, How Do I Get a Copyright for my Book? – by Susan Stitt…

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IS YOUR BOOK PROTECTED BY AN OFFICIAL COPYRIGHT? These Library of Congress shelves hold paper copyright certificates bound into hardback volumes for the permanent archive.

on Front Edge Publishing:

Does My Book Need Copyright Protection?

Have you heard the old rumor that if you send yourself a copy of your manuscript using certified U.S mail that it automatically becomes protected by a U.S. copyright?

Before I reveal the answer to that question, let’s ex...