all http://www.marlamiller.com/all Learn The Fundamentals Of Writing Query Letters & Book Proposals. Plus, See Examples Of Winning Query Letters & Query Letters That Fail To Impress. en ocwriter@cox.net Copyright 2012 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:46:14 GMT The Booty Bible is published! http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/the-booty-bible-is-launched http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/the-booty-bible-is-launched#id:3688#date:23:46 Just want MarlaMiller.com visitors to know about the publication of The Booty Bible, a fitness book created by fitness guru/model, Alicia Marie &

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]]> MTM Curriculum Profiles Of Success Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:46 GMT QQC # 98:The Unwelcome Gift- fiction/Y/A http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc-98 http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc-98#id:3687#date:23:10 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:10 GMT A Skype (or phone) Session May Just Be What You & Your Query Letter Need. http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/a-skype-or-phone-session-may-just-be-what-you-your-query-letter-need http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/a-skype-or-phone-session-may-just-be-what-you-your-query-letter-need#id:3686#date:22:45  
This may sound like a sales pitch but that won't stop me from sharing these observations about Skype (or phone) query letter critiques.They're quite valuable, even more than I knew.
Here's why:

I've done about a dozen so far and with each one, the 'real time' conversation with authors about 'story' has helped them nail down their query letter focus. When you write a query letter that you're just not satisfied with, chances are you don't quite yet know what your story is about OR you've left out important parts. No matter that you've written it, the heart of the story often does not find its way to the one page query. One of my Skype writers pitched a Y/A novel that when we spoke and I asked what's this story about, his reply included a story line barely mentioned and not developed in the query. When I asked why so little attention was paid to it, he had no answer.
Sometimes, we write so many of these dang queries that we lose sight of the story. If this sounds like you, a private consultation may help you save some time.
I'm posting the reviews of satisfied writers to bolster this service I offer. Consider this as one more example of building my platform as a workshop facilitator. Sometimes facilitation is what writers need to push beyond their block, and in my humble, nothing 'blocks up' a writer up like a query letter you just can't seem to get right.

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]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:45 GMT QQC #96: Truth Or Adair/Mystery/Thriller http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc-96-truth-or-adair-mystery-thriller http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc-96-truth-or-adair-mystery-thriller#id:3681#date:23:58 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:58 GMT QQC #95: Garden of Weeds http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc-95-a-garden-of-weeds http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc-95-a-garden-of-weeds#id:3680#date:22:36 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:36 GMT When This Woman Reinvented Herself, A Writer Emerged! http://www.marlamiller.com/links-and-resources/single-entry/when-this-woman-reinvented-herself-a-writer-emerged http://www.marlamiller.com/links-and-resources/single-entry/when-this-woman-reinvented-herself-a-writer-emerged#id:3679#date:00:04 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:04 GMT So.Cal.Writers’ Conf. Director, Wes Albers, talks about why writing conferences matter. http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/s.c.w.c-director-wes-albers-on-the-value-of-writing-conferences http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/s.c.w.c-director-wes-albers-on-the-value-of-writing-conferences#id:3651#date:21:56 Wes is a writer who finds much fodder in his day job as a member of the San Diego Police Dept. We look forward to helping him promote his debut novel that 

will be published soon. It's about crime and cops...of course!

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]]> MTM Curriculum Expert Insights Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:56 GMT Book Trailers, Now A Neccessity http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/book-trailers-now-a-neccessity http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/book-trailers-now-a-neccessity#id:3649#date:22:44 www.DaughterofSmokeandMirrors.com

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]]> MTM Curriculum Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:44 GMT Quick Query Critique # 76: Keepers of the Lily—Fiction/Suspense http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-76 http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-76#id:3644#date:23:44 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:44 GMT Quick Query Critique #74: Dog Tired / fiction http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-74-dog-tired-fiction http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-74-dog-tired-fiction#id:3640#date:00:21 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:21 GMT MarketingtheMuse Store: Query Letter Workshops for sale http://www.marlamiller.com/news-and-announcements/single-entry/marketingthemuse-store-now-open-real-time-query-letter-critique-workshops-m http://www.marlamiller.com/news-and-announcements/single-entry/marketingthemuse-store-now-open-real-time-query-letter-critique-workshops-m#id:3624#date:17:10 ALL PRODUCTS CAN BE FOUND IN THE MARKETINGtheMUSE STORE-click STORE button at upper right hand side of HOME page or  click Get Your Muse On #1

Writers know, attending 'realtime' workshops offer a value not found online-that's why we go to conferences & seminars. Listen & learn from MarketingtheMuse's Marla Miller and her workshop attendees about query letter writing-what must be on ONE page to hook readers! Whether you are pitching to an agent or an editor of a blog you hope to join, you MUST know how to write a HOOKABLE letter of introduction aka 'The Query Letter'.

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]]> Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:10 GMT QUICK QUERY CRITIQUE #67:  The Adventures of Tillie the Homeless Frog/ fiction/children http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-68-the-adventures-of-tillie-the-homeless-frog-fiction http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-68-the-adventures-of-tillie-the-homeless-frog-fiction#id:3603#date:22:27 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Quick Query Critiques Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:27 GMT This Writer’s Overview of Change Triggered by ePublishing http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/this-writers-overview-of-change-triggered-by-epublishing http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/this-writers-overview-of-change-triggered-by-epublishing#id:3594#date:23:30  

Historically, when writers jumped on the web to either promote and/or self publish, they ran the risk of being considered ‘less than’ in an industry that’s always enjoyed more than it’s share of success- At least that’s how it appeared until the brink & mortar structures began to tumble down.  Random House, Simon & Schuster et al are running frantically to catch the epublishing movement that they insisted didn’t amount to much.

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]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:30 GMT Pay It Forward’s Catherine Ryan Hyde wants your anthology SUBMISSIONS & talks about fame. http://www.marlamiller.com/author-interviews/single-entry/pay-it-forwards-catherine-ryan-hyde-wants-your-anthology-submissions-talks- http://www.marlamiller.com/author-interviews/single-entry/pay-it-forwards-catherine-ryan-hyde-wants-your-anthology-submissions-talks-#id:3587#date:22:24 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:24 GMT Quick Query Critique # 55: The Final Clue, fiction http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-55-the-final-clue-fiction http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-55-the-final-clue-fiction#id:3575#date:23:49 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Quick Query Critiques Tue, 10 May 2011 23:49 GMT Quick Query Critique # 45: Sixth and Congress http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-45-sixth-congress http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-45-sixth-congress#id:3553#date:00:01 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Quick Query Critiques Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:01 GMT Quick Query Critique #43: Seven Days Grace-suspense http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-43-seven-days-grace-suspense http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-43-seven-days-grace-suspense#id:3546#date:23:36 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Quick Query Critiques Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:36 GMT “Where’s the marketing on MarketingtheMuse Curriculum?” http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/wheres-the-marketing-on-marketingthe-muse-curriculum http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/wheres-the-marketing-on-marketingthe-muse-curriculum#id:3516#date:17:52 (This 'Musing' introduction found on MUSELetter)

.....It’s true, our publishing paradigm is shifting; however, we are not out of control. Our feet must remain firmly planted in this new paradigm that does not offer any more than the old paradigm did: the best writers get published, folks.

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]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:52 GMT Hyla Molander, DROP DEAD LIFE Part 1 http://www.marlamiller.com/author-interviews/single-entry/hyla-molander-drop-dead-life-part-1 http://www.marlamiller.com/author-interviews/single-entry/hyla-molander-drop-dead-life-part-1#id:3498#date:09:53 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Author Interviews Nonfiction Sun, 21 Nov 2010 09:53 GMT Quick Query Critique # 24: Maggie’s Bliss http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-24-maggies-bliss http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-24-maggies-bliss#id:3493#date:22:26 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Quick Query Critiques Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:26 GMT BLOOD MONEY-Romance/Suspense http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/blood-money-romance-suspense http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/blood-money-romance-suspense#id:3491#date:00:22 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:22 GMT Our Bumpy Road To Publication: Author Shares ‘Successful’  Rejection Letter http://www.marlamiller.com/author-interviews/single-entry/author-on-the-road-share-rejection-letter-in-author-speak http://www.marlamiller.com/author-interviews/single-entry/author-on-the-road-share-rejection-letter-in-author-speak#id:3490#date:18:55 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Nonfiction Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:55 GMT QQC # 20: Single Girls Should Always Shave Their Legs/non-fiction http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/q-qc-20-non-fiction-single-girls-should-always-shave-their-legs http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/q-qc-20-non-fiction-single-girls-should-always-shave-their-legs#id:3484#date:21:55 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:55 GMT Quick Query Critique # 15 http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-151 http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-151#id:3475#date:21:27 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Quick Query Critiques Thu, 07 Oct 2010 21:27 GMT Q.Q. Critique # 14—MEMOIR—-Talk About Hook! http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqcritique-141 http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqcritique-141#id:3467#date:22:05 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Quick Query Critiques Sat, 02 Oct 2010 22:05 GMT A Word About My Published Clips http://www.marlamiller.com/writing-samples/single-entry/A-Word-About-My-Published-LCips http://www.marlamiller.com/writing-samples/single-entry/A-Word-About-My-Published-LCips#id:3459#date:00:15 We're working on converting clips into PDF readable format. Meanwhile, the clips posted here offer a breadth of my freelance writing with some  notes that freelancers might find helpful/useful.

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]]> Writing Samples Favorite Clips Montage Society Columnist Beat Recent Clips Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:15 GMT Marla shares her own road to continued publication: Gladly Gray http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/marla-shares-her-own-road-to-continued-publication http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/marla-shares-her-own-road-to-continued-publication#id:3423#date:20:04 Gladly Gray: Interviews & Essays of Interesting Women Who Are began at MORE.com in 2009  when I wrote my first 'Graying Gracefully' column.

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]]> Marla's Musings Projects In-Progress Gladly Going Gray Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:04 GMT Marla’s Musings:Surrender Can Be A Good Thing: Going Gray (Though I Prefer To Call It Silver) Part 1 http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/surrender-can-be-a-good-thing-going-gray-though-i-prefer-to-call-it-silver http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/surrender-can-be-a-good-thing-going-gray-though-i-prefer-to-call-it-silver#id:3336#date:19:57 There’s comes a time in a woman’s life when surrendering no longer conjures up a helpless image. Women who discover their sensuality midway through life know what I’m talking about. Surrender can be a good thing.

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]]> Projects In-Progress Gladly Going Gray Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:57 GMT QQC # 97: The Swastika Tattoo, fiction, Y/A http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc-97 http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc-97#id:3685#date:22:37 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:37 GMT TESTIMONIALS Re: MarketingtheMuse’s Quick Query Critique Service http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/testimonials-from-writers-re-quick-query-critique-service http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/testimonials-from-writers-re-quick-query-critique-service#id:3684#date:00:31 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Quick Query Critiques Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:31 GMT Writers Should Be Webinar Wary. http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/writers-should-be-webinar-wary http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/writers-should-be-webinar-wary#id:3683#date:00:18 My most recent webinar experience inspired this video that offers writers a perspective.  Most of us aren't writing marketing-centric books which

is what much of the content in webinars hosted by marketers pitch.  We aren't marketers so when you sign up for webinars, examine carefully the credentials of the

webinar hosts.

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]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:18 GMT WEBINAR Wary http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/webinar-wary http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/webinar-wary#id:3682#date:00:03 A Musing that encourages writers to be aware of webinars selling products. Are they selling the products you need?

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]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:03 GMT QQC # 94: The Incredible Journey of Freddy J / literary fiction http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc-94-the-incredible-journey-of-freddy-j-literary-fiction http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc-94-the-incredible-journey-of-freddy-j-literary-fiction#id:3678#date:23:27 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:27 GMT QUICK QUERY CRITIQUE # 93: No title/Magazine query http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-93-no-title-magazine-query http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-93-no-title-magazine-query#id:3677#date:23:23 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Quick Query Critiques Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:23 GMT Book Candy Studios TV Interview with Claire LaZebnik http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/book-candy-studios-tv-interview-with-claire-lazebnik http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/book-candy-studios-tv-interview-with-claire-lazebnik#id:3676#date:01:47 For those not able to join us at Book Candy Studios TV, just click this link to enter the studio and watch my interview with prolific author Claire Lazebnik who 'writes on the run.' She also talks about her wariness of 'critique groups'  though she never sends in a manuscript to her editor without 'The Simpsons' writer/hubby Rob LaZebnik reading every page. We had fun discussing her process and her newest release, Families and Other Non Returnable Gifts. Click here to watch our internet TV interview. 

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]]> MTM Curriculum Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:47 GMT QQC#92: THE TWO FAMOUS PRISONERS OF SPANISH TOWN/historical fiction http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc92-the-two-famous-prisoners-of-spanish-town-historical-fiction http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc92-the-two-famous-prisoners-of-spanish-town-historical-fiction#id:3675#date:01:12 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:12 GMT Watch Marla Miller’s Interview with novelist Claire LaZebnik on Book Candy TV http://www.marlamiller.com/author-interviews/single-entry/marla-interviews-claire-lazebnik-on-book-candy-tv-january-12th-join-us http://www.marlamiller.com/author-interviews/single-entry/marla-interviews-claire-lazebnik-on-book-candy-tv-january-12th-join-us#id:3674#date:22:20 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:20 GMT QQC#91: Nadia’s Ring / Historical Fiction http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc-nadias-ring-historical-fiction http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc-nadias-ring-historical-fiction#id:3673#date:21:54 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:54 GMT QUERY TRACKER: Free online ‘Literary Agent finding’ site & MORE! http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/query-tracker-free-online-literary-agent-finding-site http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/query-tracker-free-online-literary-agent-finding-site#id:3672#date:00:09 I discovered this site during a tough time when I was being 'snarked' on another site. The lessons I learned from that experience will

make a good ebook tutorial. The silver lining? I was reintroduced to Query Tracker, a site I logged into about a year ago but lost track of!

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]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:09 GMT A Successful Way to Build Your Platform by Sonia Marsh http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/a-successful-way-to-build-your-platform-by-sonia-marsh http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/a-successful-way-to-build-your-platform-by-sonia-marsh#id:3671#date:01:31 A Successful Way to Build Your Platform

As a writer, you’re probably sick and tired of hearing about the importance of building your platform. You’ve tried blogging, tweeting, and facebooking, and apart from a few friends, you rarely get comments, let alone new followers. Why is that? Why aren’t people paying attention to what you have to say? Why aren’t they coming over to read your posts?
You get discouraged and start thinking, “Why bother? It’s not worth my time,” and so you quit

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]]> Expert Insights Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:31 GMT QQC # 90: The Sword of DragonBlood http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc-90-the-sword-of-dragonblood http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc-90-the-sword-of-dragonblood#id:3670#date:01:24 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Quick Query Critiques Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:24 GMT QQC # 89: Life With Parole-memoir http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc-89-life-with-parole-memoir http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc-89-life-with-parole-memoir#id:3669#date:00:05 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:05 GMT Selling During The Holidays – If Walmart Can Do It…by Gordon Kirkland http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/selling-during-the-holidays-if-walmart-can-do-it...by-gordon-kirkland http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/selling-during-the-holidays-if-walmart-can-do-it...by-gordon-kirkland#id:3668#date:23:46 Selling for the independent author/publisher is perhaps a bit of a challenge. Often when I speak at writers’ conferences I get those deer-in-the-headlight looks when I start telling my classes that marketing is the most important job they must undertake once their books are published

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]]> Profiles Of Success Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:46 GMT QQC # 88: The Black Night Rave-Urban Fantasy, Y/A http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc-88-the-black-night-rave-urban-fantasy-y-a http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc-88-the-black-night-rave-urban-fantasy-y-a#id:3667#date:23:29 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Quick Query Critiques Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:29 GMT QQC#87: Princess Allanah http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc87-princess-allanah http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc87-princess-allanah#id:3666#date:01:15 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:15 GMT ls the query letter relevant in today’s publishing world? http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/ls-the-query-letter-relevant-in-todays-publishing-world http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/ls-the-query-letter-relevant-in-todays-publishing-world#id:3665#date:00:59 Most students had not pitched yet. Those that had agreed with most of you: query letter writing is hard. This kind of 'business' writing is harder for some than writing an

entire novel!  

What I told them is worth repeating:

Whether you decide to travel down the indie road or publish traditionally, you will have to hook your reader.

That's what the query letter does.

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]]> Expert Insights Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:59 GMT QQC # 86: Suspense-Keepers of the Lilly http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc-86-suspense-keepers-of-the-lilly http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc-86-suspense-keepers-of-the-lilly#id:3663#date:22:04 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:04 GMT QQC # 85: Could have Been Holly Wood-memoir. http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc-85-could-have-been-holly-wood-memoir http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/qqc-85-could-have-been-holly-wood-memoir#id:3662#date:23:46 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:46 GMT Newly published author, Madeline Sharples, markets her muse very well. http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/newly-published-author-madeline-sharple-markets-her-muse-well http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/newly-published-author-madeline-sharple-markets-her-muse-well#id:3661#date:22:54 Monday, July 19, 2010

My Long Journey Here

So, after two years of querying 68 agents and five small presses I finally have a contract with Lucky Press, LLC to publish my memoir, Leaving the Hall Light On. I can honestly say that I began writing pieces of this book as early as 1995 in a creative writing class at UCLA and in a Writing About Your Lives workshop at Esalen in Big Sur, CA. At the outset, I planned to write about Paul and his illness and how he survived it – so hopeful I was that he would survive. 

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]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:54 GMT QQC #84: Riding Free-Memoir http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-84-riding-free http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-84-riding-free#id:3660#date:23:34 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:34 GMT Quick Query Critique # 83: Danger Comes With Wings, Y/A fantasy http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-83-danger-comes-with-wings-y-a-fantasy http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-83-danger-comes-with-wings-y-a-fantasy#id:3659#date:00:10 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Quick Query Critiques Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:10 GMT QUICK QUERY CRITIQUE # 82: Cry of the Witch/fiction/Y/A http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-82-cry-of-the-witch-fiction-y-a http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-82-cry-of-the-witch-fiction-y-a#id:3658#date:00:49 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:49 GMT Comic/author Anna Lefler’s “CHICKionary” promoted on Me Quiet? You’re Kidding, Right? http://www.marlamiller.com/links-and-resources/single-entry/comic-author-anna-leflers-chickionary-promoted-on-me-quiet-youre-kidding-ri http://www.marlamiller.com/links-and-resources/single-entry/comic-author-anna-leflers-chickionary-promoted-on-me-quiet-youre-kidding-ri#id:3657#date:00:32 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:32 GMT Marla’s Musing:  Shopping for the RIGHT Editor! http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/marlas-musing-thats-really-a-rant http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/marlas-musing-thats-really-a-rant#id:3656#date:00:24

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]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:24 GMT Masteries of Mystery’s Stephanie L. Dunne: http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/masteries-of-mysterys-stephanie-l.-dunne http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/masteries-of-mysterys-stephanie-l.-dunne#id:3655#date:22:47 Masteries of Mystery:  Lizzie Borden Took An Axe

Thereby hangs a tale…

So, did she or didn’t she?  Was she guilty or innocent?  Nobody knows for certain.  
For the uninitiated, Lizzie Borden was accused and stood trial for the murders of her father and stepmother.  As the rhyme of the time went:  Lizzie Borden took an axe, gave her mother forty whacks.  When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one.  

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]]> MTM Curriculum Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:47 GMT QUICK QUERY CRITIQUE #81: Y/A Fiction? ‘Bad Bear’ http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-81-y-a-fiction-bad-bear http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-81-y-a-fiction-bad-bear#id:3654#date:16:27 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:27 GMT Quick Query Critique # 80: Broken Chocolate/Literary fiction http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-80-broken-chocolate-literary-fiction http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-80-broken-chocolate-literary-fiction#id:3653#date:22:52 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:52 GMT Quick Query Critique # 79: It Sucks To Be Vain and Poor http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-79-it-sucks-to-be-vain-and-poor http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-79-it-sucks-to-be-vain-and-poor#id:3652#date:21:09 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:09 GMT Quick Query Critique #78: Bella Ciao-fiction/thriller http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-78-bella-ciao-fiction-thriller http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-78-bella-ciao-fiction-thriller#id:3650#date:21:31 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Quick Query Critiques Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:31 GMT ON SALE! Query Letter Workshop @SCWC/ Historical Romance http://www.marlamiller.com/products/single-entry/on-sale-now-query-letter-workshop-scwc-historical-romance http://www.marlamiller.com/products/single-entry/on-sale-now-query-letter-workshop-scwc-historical-romance#id:3648#date:22:31 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:31 GMT Quick Query Critique # 77: Cage Raiders/ fiction-Y/A http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-77-cage-raiders http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-77-cage-raiders#id:3647#date:22:07 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:07 GMT Marla Muses About Query Letters @ Southern California Writers Association Meeting http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/marla-muses-about-query-letters-Southern-california-writers-association-mee http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/marla-muses-about-query-letters-Southern-california-writers-association-mee#id:3646#date:18:22  

Sorry folks but the query letter is here to stay. no one online or off will pay much attention to your work if you can't entice with a hookable pitch. There's just

too much competition out here making noise.

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]]> Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:22 GMT ON SALE! Query Letter Workshop/fiction/ Suspense http://www.marlamiller.com/products/single-entry/on-sale-now-query-letter-workshop-scwc-suspense-genre-query-letter http://www.marlamiller.com/products/single-entry/on-sale-now-query-letter-workshop-scwc-suspense-genre-query-letter#id:3645#date:23:51 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:51 GMT Scott Sigler: Entrepreneurial Author Extraordinaire http://www.marlamiller.com/author-interviews/single-entry/scott-sigler-entrepreneurial-author-extraordinaire http://www.marlamiller.com/author-interviews/single-entry/scott-sigler-entrepreneurial-author-extraordinaire#id:3643#date:16:52 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Author Interviews Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:52 GMT Quick Query Critique#75: Girl In the Water: A True Story of Sibling Abuse /nonfiction http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique75-girl-in-the-water-a-true-story-of-sibling-abuse-nonf http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique75-girl-in-the-water-a-true-story-of-sibling-abuse-nonf#id:3642#date:21:28 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:28 GMT Query Letters: Are They Still Relevant? Blogger Gayle Carline Offers Her Opinion http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/query-letters-are-they-still-relevant-blogger-gayle-carline-offers-her-opin http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/query-letters-are-they-still-relevant-blogger-gayle-carline-offers-her-opin#id:3641#date:21:02 the Art of the Query

by Gayle Carline

Even though I have two self-published books out (and will put a third out in the next few months), I never planned to be an independent author.I planned to follow the status quo and find an agent, then get a spectacular deal, and live in luxury, just like they portray authors in movies and TV shows. As a matter of fact, after all those years spent watching Murder She Wrote, I kept a list of all the places my publisher was going to send me on my whirlwind book tour.
Yes, I might have been a little delusional.

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]]> Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:02 GMT Quick Query Critique #73: Time Shares: Blessed or Bombarded/non fiction/magazines http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-73-time-shares-blessed-or-bombarded-non-fiction-magazi http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-73-time-shares-blessed-or-bombarded-non-fiction-magazi#id:3639#date:21:39 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Quick Query Critiques Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:39 GMT QUICK QUERY CRITIQUE #72: Falling Away-Memoir http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-72-falling-away-memoir http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-72-falling-away-memoir#id:3638#date:22:46 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:46 GMT ON SALE! MtheM Workshops / Published eBook Authors’ Panel http://www.marlamiller.com/products/single-entry/on-sale-now-mthem-workshops-published-ebook-authors-panel http://www.marlamiller.com/products/single-entry/on-sale-now-mthem-workshops-published-ebook-authors-panel#id:3636#date:21:36 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:36 GMT ON SALE! MtheM Workshops / QUERY Letter Critique-Memoir http://www.marlamiller.com/products/single-entry/on-sale-now-mthem-workshops-query-letter-critique-memoir http://www.marlamiller.com/products/single-entry/on-sale-now-mthem-workshops-query-letter-critique-memoir#id:3635#date:21:32 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:32 GMT ON SALE! MtheM Workshops / QUERY Letter Critique-Literary Fiction http://www.marlamiller.com/products/single-entry/on-sale-now-mthem-workshops-query-letter-critique-literary-fiction http://www.marlamiller.com/products/single-entry/on-sale-now-mthem-workshops-query-letter-critique-literary-fiction#id:3634#date:21:22 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:22 GMT ON SALE NOW! MtheM Workshops / QUERY Letter Critique/fiction/Mystery http://www.marlamiller.com/products/single-entry/on-sale-now-mthem-workshops-query-letter-critique-fiction http://www.marlamiller.com/products/single-entry/on-sale-now-mthem-workshops-query-letter-critique-fiction#id:3633#date:21:18 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:18 GMT Quick Query Critique # 71: Weeping Women Springs/fiction http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-71-weeping-women-springs-fiction1 http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-71-weeping-women-springs-fiction1#id:3628#date:16:35 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:35 GMT Masteries of Mystery:  Faulkner’s ‘A Rose For Emily’ http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/mystery-writer-blogs-mysteries http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/mystery-writer-blogs-mysteries#id:3626#date:16:04 Therein lies the tale....

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]]> MTM Curriculum Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:04 GMT MarketingtheMUSE Workshop Joins The Algonkian Writers Conference, May, 2012! http://www.marlamiller.com/news-and-announcements/single-entry/marketingthemuse-workshop-joins-the-algonkian-writers-conference-may-2012 http://www.marlamiller.com/news-and-announcements/single-entry/marketingthemuse-workshop-joins-the-algonkian-writers-conference-may-2012#id:3625#date:15:49 MarketingtheMuse is pleased to announce a new association with the Algonkian Writers Conference!

May 15-17, 2012: MarketingtheMuse will teach workshops centered on marketing in our 21st century publishing world at the Algonkian Writer's Conference

"Write To Market' (WTM) Conference held in San Francisco.

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]]> Marketing The Muse Workshops Writing Conferences Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:49 GMT Philippa Burgess Interviews Mark Coker - CEO of Smashwords http://www.marlamiller.com/news-and-announcements/single-entry/philippa-burgess-interviews-mark-cocker-of-smashwords http://www.marlamiller.com/news-and-announcements/single-entry/philippa-burgess-interviews-mark-cocker-of-smashwords#id:3616#date:00:16 From 120 in 2008 to almost 70,000 authors/books in 2011, Smashwords CEO's rejection letters sent by conventional publishing seeded the e publishing house that everyone's talking about. Great interview by Creative Convergence founder, Philippa Burgess. Markeitng the Muse did a 'phone in' & had several questions answered!

Worth filing this one.

Very helpful. 

Thanks to Philippa Burgess @ www.creative-convergence.com

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]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:16 GMT Quick Query Critique # 70: Saying It Out Loud…nonfiction http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-70-saying-it-out-loud...nonfiction http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-70-saying-it-out-loud...nonfiction#id:3614#date:22:13 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:13 GMT NEW!  Masteries of Mystery Blog:  Mistress of the Art of Death http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/new-masteries-of-mystery-blog-mistress-of-the-art-of-death http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/new-masteries-of-mystery-blog-mistress-of-the-art-of-death#id:3609#date:23:11 Masteries of Mystery:  Mistress of the Art of Death

Thereby hangs a tale… 

Ariana Franklin’s Mistress of the Art of Death is a wonder.  Not least because of its attention to historic detail.  It also offers us a star sleuth; a doctor versed in the ways of death.  The fact that the setting is twelfth century England, a country torn by religious strife and peopled be a melting pot of cultures—and the doctor a woman, a Mistress of the Art of Death—makes this a mystery to be savored.


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]]> MTM Curriculum Tue, 09 Aug 2011 23:11 GMT Quick Query Critique # 69:Fade To Black / Memoir http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-69 http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-69#id:3608#date:22:23 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Quick Query Critiques Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:23 GMT Quick Query Critique # 68: I Am Just A Girl http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-3-66-i-am-just-a-girl http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-3-66-i-am-just-a-girl#id:3607#date:22:52 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Quick Query Critiques Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:52 GMT Lisa Angle’s angle on platform building: How to create video http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/lisa-angles-angle-on-platform-building-how-to-create-video http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/lisa-angles-angle-on-platform-building-how-to-create-video#id:3606#date:22:04 I’ve been so busy lately producing videos that I haven’t had a chance to write a blog post, and blogging is something I have to do to build my author platform. Having video about you, and your books is another good way of building your author platform. Book trailers and author pitch videos are popping up all over the web, so I thought I’d blog about how authors can make videos to help them market their writing.

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]]> Expert Insights Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:04 GMT Me Quiet? You’re Kidding, Right? finds a ‘gem’  on MtheM blogger’s site! http://www.marlamiller.com/links-and-resources/single-entry/me-quiet-youre-kidding-right-finds-a-gem-on-mthem-bloggers-site http://www.marlamiller.com/links-and-resources/single-entry/me-quiet-youre-kidding-right-finds-a-gem-on-mthem-bloggers-site#id:3605#date:22:20 I visited Shirley's site to add a comment to one of her blog posts and noticed this blog post. Lo & behold! this video offered a great fit for ME Quiet? & gave me an opportunity to showcase the memoirist & Shirley's site which offers great information about memiors & memoir writing. 

 

Posted on July 26, 2011 by shirleyhs

I probably wouldn’t have found this book if it hadn’t been on sale at the Green Valley Book Fair, a huge book warehouse located close to Harrisonburg, VA. The hardcover price is 19.99, but at the Book Fair it was $5.00. Ach yommer, a bargain!



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]]> Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:20 GMT MarketingtheMuse Workshop: New Media Panel video @ SBWC http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/marketingthemuse-workshop-new-media-panel-filmed-sbwc http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/marketingthemuse-workshop-new-media-panel-filmed-sbwc#id:3604#date:22:38 MarketingtheMuse Moderates The New Media Panel @ the Santa Barbara Writers Conference, 2011. 

70 minute panel offered FREE thanks to the Santa Barbara Writers Conference! Hear how new media pros (and writers) Philippa Burgess,  Jeremy Lee James, WriteClick Hosting and best selling urban fantasy sensation, novelist Justine Musk define new media and its utility to writers and creative indie types-US. Video workshop filmed/edited by Lisa Angle, writer/founder, Ninety Degrees Media.  My thanks to SBWC for sharing this video filmed at the 2011 Conference! 


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]]> Marla's Musings Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:38 GMT Brendan Pollitz, App Developer, Blogs: The Difference between an eBook and a Book App http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/brendan-pollitz-app-developer-blogs-the-difference-between-ebooks-aps http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/brendan-pollitz-app-developer-blogs-the-difference-between-ebooks-aps#id:3602#date:23:08 (MarketingtheMuse Note: Brendan was a MtheM eBook panelist at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference. We hope this is the first of many e-publishing educational blogs he offers to MarlaMiller.com visitors.)  

The Difference Between An eBook & A Book App

by Brendan Pollitz

With the advent of the mobile revolution, digital is replacing paper at a remarkable pace.  Now authors and programmers can have their work reach hundreds of millions of people on a range of mobile devices.  From iOS to Android, Amazon to iTunes, and all the digital stores in between, how do authors decide on which stores they should publish their work and if they should publish their work as an eBook or an App?

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]]> Profiles Of Success Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:08 GMT The Writer Magazine’‘s Elfrieda Abbe Blogs: Writers Conferences & MarketingtheMuse! http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/the-writer-magazines-elfrieda-abbe-blogs-about-writers-conferences-marketin http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/the-writer-magazines-elfrieda-abbe-blogs-about-writers-conferences-marketin#id:3601#date:23:31 Click this URL to read Ms. Abbe's blog that includes her review of an ebook MarketingtheMuse Workshop she attended while visiting the conference!

BACKSTORY: Reflections on the Santa Barbara Writers Conference

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]]> MTM Curriculum Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:31 GMT HOOK UP A (BOOK) TRAILER & LET’S GO! http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/hook-up-a-book-trailer-lets-go http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/hook-up-a-book-trailer-lets-go#id:3600#date:23:07            I took a scenic route on my road to publication and watched a few book trailers to give my frayed mind a break. It inspired me to make one of my own. Lordy, what a long detour that turned out to be!  I figured I could just whip one up like a batch of Sunday waffles at a roadside café, but creating a book trailer is no easy task for an amateur like me. Though I only hold a learner’s permit in this field, I’m imparting what I gleaned through trial and error, so it’ll be a little smoother for anyone embarking on this road.

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]]> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:07 GMT MarketingtheMuse Presents A Weekend Workshop with Catherine Ryan Hyde http://www.marlamiller.com/news-and-announcements/single-entry/marketingthemuse-presents-a-weekend-workshop-with-catherine-ryan-hyde http://www.marlamiller.com/news-and-announcements/single-entry/marketingthemuse-presents-a-weekend-workshop-with-catherine-ryan-hyde#id:3599#date:22:41 UPDATE, 8/2011

THE WORKSHOP IS POSTPONED-WE HOPE TO OFFER IT IN OCT/NOVEMBER 2011-STAY TUNED.  

MarketingtheMuse Workshop Presents: update, 8/2011

Catherine Ryan Hyde is a prolific novelist (Pay It Forward  plus 16 more!) She is also a dynamic writing workshop leader. Marketing the Muse is delighted to welcome her as our first Author in Residence. She will present an intensive week-end long fiction writing workshop in Montecito Ca. from 9/9/11 – 9/11/11. Included in the week-end workshop, MarketingtheMuse segments focused on marketing strategies aimed at authors on the road to publication.

COST: $300.00, Early Bird rate, $275.00, until 8/25/11

ADMISSION: Group limited to 8. All perspective attendees are required to submit the first 10 pages of a novel/memoir-in-progress. 

DEADLINE for Submission: August 20, 2011.  Submissions will not be critiqued. They will be reviewed for suitability into the workshop.

Payment in full is due when writer is accepted into the workshop. Full refund if notified by September 1. ½ refund if notified later than 9/1/11. We welcome out of towners. Please Google hotels in Santa Barbara area for low post Labor Day rates. All attendees will provide their food & lodging. Saturday evening dinner/social included in the workshop fee.

Interested writers, please email Marketingthemuse@gmail.com

 

Testimonials/ Catherine Ryan Hyde:

 Teaching is an art, a gift, and a practice. We all remember our favorite teacher because they touched, moved, and inspired us in some way. It may have been in the third grade, or high school, or a college professor that mixed art, science, and passion that shifted our world. That’s Catherine. She adds a special listening to her mix of talents that allows writers to become writers, no matter how  long or how short their experience is with the written word. She does all of that and mixes in a sense of humor that keeps her classes fun, powerful, and transformative.

Ned B.

 

"I started taking Catherine Ryan Hyde's fiction workshops ten years ago. Her writing workshops are never the same. I appreciate the fun and innovation she brings to her classes. She introduces different approaches and offers something for every type of person, turning a student into a writer. Catherine doesn't hold back in her writing or her teaching. I always learn something new and look forward to her next workshop."

M. Palacio

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]]> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:41 GMT Quick Query Letter Critique # 66: Soup Happens/memoir http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-letter-critique-66-soup-happens-memoir http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-letter-critique-66-soup-happens-memoir#id:3598#date:22:27 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:27 GMT Stephanie L. Dunne: Masteries of Mystery http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/stephanie-l.-dunne-masteries-of-mystery http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/stephanie-l.-dunne-masteries-of-mystery#id:3597#date:22:57 Thereby hangs the tale....

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]]> Profiles Of Success Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:57 GMT Quick Query Critique # 65: When Stones Speak: Was Jesus Wrong? http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-65-when-stones-speak-was-jesus-wrong http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-65-when-stones-speak-was-jesus-wrong#id:3596#date:22:41 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:41 GMT QUICK QUERY CRITIQUE # 64: Tillie the Homeless Frog, children’s fiction http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-64-tillie-the-homeless-frog-childrens-fiction http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-64-tillie-the-homeless-frog-childrens-fiction#id:3595#date:23:59 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:59 GMT Novelist Druscilla Campbell’s Advice About Writing Groups http://www.marlamiller.com/news-and-announcements/single-entry/novelist-druscilla-campbells-advice-about-writing-groups http://www.marlamiller.com/news-and-announcements/single-entry/novelist-druscilla-campbells-advice-about-writing-groups#id:3593#date:23:17

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]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:17 GMT What’s Blogging Got To Do With My Book? http://www.marlamiller.com/author-interviews/single-entry/whats-blogging-got-to-do-with-my-book http://www.marlamiller.com/author-interviews/single-entry/whats-blogging-got-to-do-with-my-book#id:3592#date:22:54 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Author Interviews Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:54 GMT Stephanie L Dunne:  Masteries of Mystery:  Evil http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/stephanie-l-dunne-masteries-of-mystery-evil http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/stephanie-l-dunne-masteries-of-mystery-evil#id:3591#date:00:09 Thereby hangs a tale…

Joan Didion opens her novel, Play It As It Lays with the intriguing question:  “What makes Iago evil?  Some people ask.  I never ask.”

That's our job.  Mystery writers ‘ask’.

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]]> Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:09 GMT J.M. Powers: Road To Publication Tales http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/j.m.-powers-road-to-publication-tales http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/j.m.-powers-road-to-publication-tales#id:3590#date:00:01 Before I continue blogging about my road to publication, I want to thank Marla Miller for inviting me to guest blog on her site. Marla has a successful presence on the internet and the way she shares it with fellow writers is wonderful

I always use the analogy of driving in this road to publication, but what should I do when my car stalls? That is where I am right now—with one of my books anyway.

Deep into content edits, a problematic issue came up. It was in the first paragraph and the vein of it continued through the whole chapter. I kept trying to “fix” it, but it was like going around a traffic circle without an exit.

Eventually, I thought of a remedy, and promptly sent it to my publisher. Within moments, my phone rang. My heart shot into overdrive upon hearing her voice.  My first thought was, what have I done wrong?

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]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:25 GMT Mystery writer/teacher Stephanie.L. DUNNE blogs about good vs evil http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/mystery-writer-teacher-stephanie.l.-dunne-blogs-about-good-vs-evil http://www.marlamiller.com/mtm-curriculum/single-entry/mystery-writer-teacher-stephanie.l.-dunne-blogs-about-good-vs-evil#id:3588#date:00:23 In the dark night of the soul, the good guy stands between us and the force of evil.

This simple equation is the basis of almost every mystery novel.

Counter cobblestone along a pretty path, good offsets evil.  It is the voice of reason, of order, or of right.  It is justice regained after the fall into chaos caused by an evil act—the murder.  It is resolution

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]]> Profiles Of Success Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:23 GMT Quick Query Critique # 62: Alcoholism, Wrong Diagnosed: Addiction, The Hidden Truth http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-62-alcoholism-wrong-diagnosed-addiction-the-hidden-tru http://www.marlamiller.com/quick-query-critiques/single-entry/quick-query-critique-62-alcoholism-wrong-diagnosed-addiction-the-hidden-tru#id:3586#date:22:05 Continue Reading At Marla Miller .com

]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:05 GMT JM Powers: If You Can’t Take the Heat, Get Off the Asphalt! http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/jm-powers-if-you-cant-take-the-heat-get-off-the-asphalt http://www.marlamiller.com/marlas-musings/single-entry/jm-powers-if-you-cant-take-the-heat-get-off-the-asphalt#id:3585#date:01:37 (con't from Museletter)

If You Can't Take the Heat, Get Off the Asphalt!

 Jayha Leigh, an owner of this publishing house, flat out told me I’d hate her during the editing process of Jewel of Ramstone.  I shrugged it off, saying I wouldn’t hate her, figuring my thick skin would protect me. Right? Well, partially.

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]]> Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:37 GMT Ace Antonio Hall Blogs All He Knows About Queries! http://www.marlamiller.com/news-and-announcements/single-entry/ace-antonio-hall http://www.marlamiller.com/news-and-announcements/single-entry/ace-antonio-hall#id:3584#date:01:23 (con't from Museletter)

.....But let’s face it. We’re talking about the publishing business—a beast all of its own entity. I know. It could be so blasted confusing. Every author and their uncle have a blog about writing killer query letters. But, like one of my characters, Blanche Bankhead would say, “What a lot of them don’t tell you, darling, is that there’s more than one way to make a heart skip a beat.” In this case, we’re discussing how to get a literary agent excited.

 

When you don’t really know for sure which blog to follow, who do you trust?

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