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Chris has already done a read-through of this installment for me. His comment was that Sifani knows too much from her one conversation with Nume, and needs to figure it out another way. I'll probably change this in the second draft. Read on and see what you think.
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Well, I got another two agent rejections, but they were form and boring, so from here on out I'm only going to post the interesting/potentially beneficial ones. I will say, for the sake of your general awareness of which agents I'm soliciting, that they were
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Hey, all. I just want to assure you that the rest of Bloodlines of Epheria is still coming! I'm writing the last large chunk as a whole, so that I can have my favorite beta reader (my husband Chris) give me feedback on it. Then, I'll
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Nothing terribly interesting in this post; just another pair of form rejections. The only thing worth noting is that Jabberwocky Literary Agency is the agency that represents Brandon Sanderson, though Sanderson's agent is not currently accepting unsolicited manuscripts. Party in question: Eddie Schneider of Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
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Party in question: Amy Hayden of Linn Prentis Literary Query sent: February 5, 2013 Answer received: March 28, 2013 Read as follows: Trodayne here hijacking Amy's email. She wanted me to read your sample. Your writing has a lot going for it and your query was quite strong.
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Party in question: Jennifer Jackson of Donald Maass Literary Agency Query sent: May 12, 2013 Answer received: May 15, 2013 Read as follows: Thanks for your query. As to your material I'm afraid I will be passing -- I'm just not enthusiastic enough about the concept
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It took the length of Lorin’s story for Jatan, Antian and Namiss to recover from their shock. Ileniel still insisted on muttering to himself from time to time, but Lorin pointedly ignored him. “I should’ve pressed her more. I should’ve gotten to know her better,” Namiss said
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What followed might have been just a few moments of staring, but they stretched on to infinity in Sifani’s mind. The sheer number of words she had on the tip of her tongue alongside the bone-deep shock that had hit her cancelled each other out, so that she could
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A mistake. She wielded the first defense that came to mind, ignoring the part of her that told her she sounded childish, or foolish, or both. “But they were married!” Sifani told Ileniel vehemently. “We all knew the story - my foreigner mother left my father after a whirlwind marriage
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Ileniel leaned forward to put his forearms on his knees, a posture he often took before launching off into a personal sermon, or a particularly long and complex tale. He waited several heartbeats before speaking again. “I can only tell you what I know, but it should be enough.” He
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It came to my attention - via a reader - that the last installment of "Bloodlines of Epheria" was a touch confusing. It was unclear whether or not Sifani was going to talk to Ileniel right then and there, or if she was going to wait, and why
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The days that followed comprised a small lifetime for Sifani, made all the worse for the fact that she had nothing to do. Jatan had forbidden her from the epheria, and for once, Sifani wasn’t inclined to disagree with his decision. The aging man spent his time with Antian,