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Mary J. Forbes
Mary writes emotional family and relationship stories, and is a multi-published author with Harlequin. She has made the Waldenbooks bestsellers list, and has finaled in the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice and Holt Medallion Awards. Mary lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family.
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Every year unpublished writers attend conferences to meet with the editors of their choice and to pitch mini summaries of the books they've completed. Below are 10 crucial tips to help make your pitch a successful one. In other words, tips to have the editor sit up, listen with a keen ear, and think 'this is an author I would like to work with' and then request the manuscript you've sweated blood and tears to complete in its finest form.
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