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The Pitch

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

Pitching your novel to an editor or agent causes many writers anxiety. Here are a few tips that will hopefully squelch that! Remember: No matter how much an editor loves your book, s/he can’t buy what s/he can’t sell. So when you pitch… 1. Know what you’re...

Help! I’m Baffled What Does He Mean?

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

I received a note with the subject line: HELP! I’M BAFFLED. WHAT DOES HE MEAN? Now who can resist stopping to read a note referenced like that? So I did–stop, that is–and read the note. It was from an author who had received a rejection from an...

Birthday Wish and Hopes

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

Birthdays are special days–and at times in our lives when we’ve thought we wouldn’t have any or many more of them, we learn a new appreciation for them. Actually, it’s a new appreciation for life itself, but the day is the perfect day to acknowledge and...

Contentment

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

When writing, we don’t often think specifically about a character’s contentment. There’s a reason for that: we’re in the conflict business. That, conflict, not contentment, is the spine of our novels. But contentment isn’t the same thing as a lack of conflict. It...

Immediacy

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

WARNING: This is a no-edit zone… Now that income taxes are done (THANK YOU!!!!), two things are on my mind this morning. Well, actually, three things, but two apply to writing so I’ll chat about those. The first thing came from a phone conversation I had with...

In Memory

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

My sympathy and condolences to the family of Sabeeha Johnson. May you be comforted and find peace at her passing. Kind and warm-spirited, know that she will be sorely missed. Blessings, Vicki...