My husband and I, still in our first year of marriage, were in the middle of an argument.  We had just entered that quiet, cold-shouldered span of time while both of us were recharging our energy, either to resume the debate or to withdraw from it completely.  I lay on the couch, he in the […]

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For the month of February, it seemed only fitting to take a closer look at the romance fiction genre.  Here in the United States, romance is a best-selling genre, averaging a third of all popular fiction sold each year.  Despite this following, little is known about the genre, and many assumptions are made as to […]

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Complete submission packets are not as common within the fiction world as they are in nonfiction, but knowing what a submission packet is and how it is comprised is invaluable information for any author. The typical components of a submission packet for a work of fiction are a cover letter, query letter, author biography, story […]

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