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What It’s Like to Be On Sub

Lyn Hawks · August 10, 2019 · 2 Comments

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What's it like to have your manuscript on submission to publishers? How do you make it through the process? This is the third time I've been "on sub." No Small Thing is circulating to a select group of editors, thanks to the pitch work of Tara Gelsomino, my agent. I'm sharing … [Read more...] about What It’s Like to Be On Sub

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Seven Ways to Wrangle Your Back Story

Lyn Hawks · July 21, 2019 · Leave a Comment

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If you're like me, you just lo-o-o-ve telling the tale before the story begins. That's because you care so much about your characters and you can envision where they were when they were three, and you know the whole cast of characters surrounding them at key moments in their … [Read more...] about Seven Ways to Wrangle Your Back Story

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Time to Sub

Lyn Hawks · May 30, 2018 · 2 Comments

Amy Tipton, my agent, is subbing No Small Thing out to publishing houses. Submitting to publishers means your agent, who's formed relationships with various editors at different imprints and houses, shops out your completed manuscript in the hopes of making a deal. Your author … [Read more...] about Time to Sub

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