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    10 Steps to Completing NaNoWriMo
    Sarah Leonard
    • Oct 25, 2018
    • 3 min

    10 Steps to Completing NaNoWriMo

    National Novel Writing Month: the time when writers decide it's time to die, aka. November. It sounds impossible, writing 50,000 words in...
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    Getting an Agent: The Query
    Sarah Leonard
    • Sep 19, 2018
    • 6 min

    Getting an Agent: The Query

    Finding an agent to represent your book is what will get it to publishers like Penguin Random House, Hachette, McMillian, Harper Collins,...
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    10 Steps to Mastering Pitch Slam
    Sarah Leonard
    • Aug 16, 2018
    • 4 min

    10 Steps to Mastering Pitch Slam

    You’ve finished writing your baby. It's grown up, graduated middle school, survived high school (barely), and now it’s time to apply for ...
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    10 LGBT Books For Every Age
    Sarah Leonard
    • Jun 25, 2018
    • 6 min

    10 LGBT Books For Every Age

    With Pride Month upon us and Pride Week in New York City having inspired me (shoutout to the amazing march and the rainbow-clothed dogs t...
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    10 Steps to Conquering BookCon
    Sarah Leonard
    • Jun 13, 2018
    • 5 min

    10 Steps to Conquering BookCon

    BookCon: The time of year in New York City when bookworms flock to the birds’ nest in hopes of them taking a bite. And what are those bir...
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    Futurescapes Workshop
    Sarah Leonard
    • May 23, 2018
    • 9 min

    Futurescapes Workshop

    Sometimes, in high school, you have your rebellious phase. You meet Bo. Damn, Bo is fine, but he’s bad for you. You start wearing heavy e...
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    Creating 3-Dimensional Characters
    Sarah Leonard
    • Nov 12, 2017
    • 9 min

    Creating 3-Dimensional Characters

    Plot is, perhaps, one of the most important parts of a novel. But, what drives that plot? What gives it substance, conflict, and the swee...
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    5 Reasons to go to Powell's City of Books
    Sarah Leonard
    • Jul 23, 2017
    • 6 min

    5 Reasons to go to Powell's City of Books

    When people say City of Books, they aren’t kidding. And when I say it’s the happiest place on Earth (sorry Disney), neither am I. Powell’...
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    5 Tips on Writing a Great Novel
    Sarah Leonard
    • Jun 12, 2017
    • 7 min

    5 Tips on Writing a Great Novel

    Writing your first novel is like rehearsing for a play just for it to end up being awful after years of dedication. That doesn’t sound li...
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