https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher en-us N/A nina@ninadavies.com Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:05:25 CST 20 https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/156/1/Youll-Never-Get-A-Job-As-A-Writer/Page1.html Have you ever noticed how a theme will suddenly develop around you? Serendipitous events occur, snatches of speech overheard begin to form a pattern, and you think, I need to pay attention to this.]]> no@spam.com (Nancy Warren) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/156/1/Youll-Never-Get-A-Job-As-A-Writer/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/126/1/Belief-Goes-A-Long-Way-For-A-Writer/Page1.html
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Article posted by Nina Davies with the permission of Cheryl Kaye Tardif.
]]> no@spam.com (Cheryl Kaye Tardif) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/126/1/Belief-Goes-A-Long-Way-For-A-Writer/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/113/1/Neagtive-Energy-Sucks/Page1.html no@spam.com (Michelle Monkou) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/113/1/Neagtive-Energy-Sucks/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/111/1/DreamI-Dare-You/Page1.html no@spam.com (Michelle Monkou) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/111/1/DreamI-Dare-You/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/110/1/Are-We-There-Yet/Page1.html
By now you know where I'm going with this. ]]> no@spam.com (Michelle Monkou) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/110/1/Are-We-There-Yet/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/105/1/File-It-Under-H-Heartbreak-Hope-and-the-Holy-Grail-of-Publishing/Page1.html Something sent me to my old file drawer today; I was looking for an address of an agent for a friend, and I knew I’d queried that agent in the past. In my files, I pulled out a dog-eared, overstuffed, tear-stained file folder.

I remember creating that file, when I sent out my initial three agent queries for my first manuscript. I’m a fairly organized person, but for some reason I didn’t take the time to type out a label. This file folder bears one Sharpie-squiggled word on the tab: QUERIES.

And in it, I shoved a heck of a lot of heartbreak. But that’s not all that’s in that folder. There’s something else between those tattered edges. Something magical, something elusive, something that begs to be shared.]]> no@spam.com (Roxanne St Claire) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/105/1/File-It-Under-H-Heartbreak-Hope-and-the-Holy-Grail-of-Publishing/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/86/1/Moving-Forward/Page1.html no@spam.com (Carly Phillips) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/86/1/Moving-Forward/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/71/1/On-Boredom/Page1.html no@spam.com (Cathy Yardley) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/71/1/On-Boredom/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/65/1/Fear-Factor/Page1.html
"Ho hum, so what," you might say.

Well, putting a stamp on that envelope and popping it into the mailbox isn't dull routine. It isn't ordinary at all. I've just submitted my manuscript to a contest where several writers are going to give me their objective, honest opinion. Sound easy?

Not!]]> no@spam.com (Julie Rowe) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/65/1/Fear-Factor/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/49/1/Facing-The-Doubt-Devils/Page1.html ]]> no@spam.com (Lucy Monroe) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/49/1/Facing-The-Doubt-Devils/Page1.html