Tag: what works

On any given day, a couple of people write to me about what they’re working on and when I express interest, they promise a proposal or sample chapters that never hit my inbox.  I’ve already written about these “pre-queries” (main message: don’t do them), and won’t repeat myself here, but I’ve been thinking about it…

We often look to successful writers to show us how to be successful, too.  We read the books they write, pick their brains when we can, try to emulate what works for them.  There’s nothing wrong with that, obviously.  But we can make an error in judgment when we assume that what makes someone else…