Tag: writing
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Under Submission
That’s a weird term, “Under Submission.” Under = In an existent state of. Submission = Consideration or Judgement. There’s a nebulous quality to that phrase that can’t quit convey how emotionally fraught it is to be “Under Submission.” To be “Under Submission” means your agent wrote a pitch (essentially a much better written query) and…
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Bye, 2020!
Don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya. Or as I said to my husband on a walk today, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” (Thanks, Mr. Dickens) Although I don’t think Charlie had a year like this in mind when he penned those words.…
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Hello, 2020!
Welcome to the New Year, my friends. We’re only a couple of weeks in and I can already tell it is going to be a wild one. At the start of every year it is commonplace to start assessing where we are at and where we want to go. Particularly this year, as we are…
Mindy Carlson 