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I might have missed it Richard, but have you thought of posting the first few pages on your website? This way, agents (should one stumble across it, or should an author send an agent your website's way) could have sample pages to look at, versus excerpts. The excerpts are great, but of course, nothing gives a reader a feel for a novel like the first few pages.
[quote=""michellemoran""]I might have missed it Richard, but have you thought of posting the first few pages on your website? This way, agents (should one stumble across it, or should an author send an agent your website's way) could have sample pages to look at, versus excerpts. The excerpts are great, but of course, nothing gives a reader a feel for a novel like the first few pages.[/quote]
Great idea, Michelle, thanks! I was actually just debating myself over just how much to include. First chapter is 9 pages, and first 3 are 27. Since that's close to the usual 25 an agent asks for (or so I hear) I was thinking that might be about right.
Another thing I might include is some sketches and tables from my research Moleskine notebook. There's nothing like a visual!
Great idea, Michelle, thanks! I was actually just debating myself over just how much to include. First chapter is 9 pages, and first 3 are 27. Since that's close to the usual 25 an agent asks for (or so I hear) I was thinking that might be about right.
Another thing I might include is some sketches and tables from my research Moleskine notebook. There's nothing like a visual!
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Finally got the Book of the Month poll done! Yay me!
Sorry for the delay! I feel as though I have only just recovered from last weekend...kind of!
Sorry for the delay! I feel as though I have only just recovered from last weekend...kind of!
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My mattress isn't moving!
You're probably thinking "say what?!".
For the longest time my mattress would slide and move forward or to the side on my box spring and I was forever pushing it back in, very annoying!
So a day after I ordered my new mattress I found a site that sold "No Slip Oval Pad". You put it between the mattress and the box spring and it keeps the mattress in place. And it does, YEAH!
SM
You're probably thinking "say what?!".
For the longest time my mattress would slide and move forward or to the side on my box spring and I was forever pushing it back in, very annoying!
So a day after I ordered my new mattress I found a site that sold "No Slip Oval Pad". You put it between the mattress and the box spring and it keeps the mattress in place. And it does, YEAH!
SM
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