Grab a cup, read a book, relax
I have been preparing for this event for months now, especially the Agent Pitch that comes with each registration. Carmen, my book coach, helped me put together a perfect pitch for “Between Tehran and the Caspian Sea,” and my friend Jonanne suggested the perfect agent. I won’t say her name to not jinx it, but…
Last month I queried three agents just to test the waters. Today, I received rejections from two of them. One sent a form letter, the same one he sent three years ago that fooled me into thinking it was a personal response. The other had issues with my word count. It was disheartening, but not…
For years, time has held a fascination for me. I continuously wrestle with it in my daily life and as such, have uncovered facets of it that are not openly talked about. Time is humanity’s most valuable unreplenishable resource, yet “Time is Money,” is used mostly as a throw-away quote or a marketing slogan that…
When I read my last blog post from over a year ago, I smiled. I didn’t sound too confident saying I was done with the manuscript, because in truth, I wasn’t done. Far from it. I don’t know what possessed me to think that way when, in reality, it took another year and half to…