Aric Davis
Write, and write, and write. Read Writer's Market and submit manuscripts to any agent or editor who is taking submissions in your chosen genre, and write them personalized queries, always adhering to their submission guidelines.
Set up a daily word count-for me this number is 2,000 words a day, and then write that amount every day until your book is finished. If you started tomorrow and had a plan to write 500 words a day, you'd be finished with an 80,000 word novel in 160 days.
Mostly, however, just write, especially when you don't want to.
Set up a daily word count-for me this number is 2,000 words a day, and then write that amount every day until your book is finished. If you started tomorrow and had a plan to write 500 words a day, you'd be finished with an 80,000 word novel in 160 days.
Mostly, however, just write, especially when you don't want to.
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So, here I am again. I wrote to you last year and told u how much I enjoyed A Good and Useful Hurt. I continue to try to get people I work with or talk with on the train to read it. I now work in Radiation Oncology and I just gifted a copy to one of our patients. We were talking about books and she has been reading to relax. I want to talk to somebody about it! I am also re-reading it.... thanks! Mary Wragg?
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