Don Draper did so many despicable things during the past season of Mad Men, that not even all the glimpses of his troubled childhood could get me to sympathize. But while watching the last scene of the season finale, in…
Set in Boston and Cambridge during the winter of 2001, Douglas Trevor’s debut novel Girls I Know introduces the reader to a cast of sharply-drawn characters from divergent backgrounds, and treats the build-up and aftermath of a restaurant shooting with…
It’s a commonplace that novelists—especially aspiring novelists—should read a lot, and, more specifically, read lots of novels. It goes hand-in-glove, right? A certain number of people who love reading stories will eventually decide, wisely or not, to try their hand…
Go Figure: Musings from the Mind of Rob Wilstein. Tough as it is to admit, I may be the laziest researcher in the novel writing community, though I’ve done no research into my competition. Research has never been a strong…
This week I continue on my quest to find the ideal agent database. I believe I’ve found it in QueryTracker. QueryTracker (http://www.querytracker.net/) offers many useful features, most of which are FREE, but you must sign up and log-in to perform…
This week: Agent Databases 1: AgentQuery You have buried your darlings and revised, tweaked, and proofread until you are blind. It’s finally time to find an agent who will lovingly help you find a suitable home for the product of…