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Podcast: The 7am Novelist
Episode: Cutting and Querying Advice with Nancy Crochiere, Henriette Lazaridis, and Ethan Gilsdorf
Description: We’ve got two very different listeners’ questions today but they’re both common issues for writers to deal with. The first is trying to re-enter a 15-year old memoir manuscript the she needs to cut down enormously (either by 750K words or by 500 pages, depending on our understanding of her question. Either way: A lot!). The second wonders how he’s supposed to know what’s wrong with his query letter or sample pages when agents these days don’t offer a word of feedback. We’ve got Nancy Crochiere (Graceland), Henriette Lazaridis (Terra Nova), and Ethan Gilsdorf (Fantasy Freaks...