Pitching a Novel

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Originally posted on Michael Runs the Gamut on July 21, 2012 [Comments from 2021 are in italics, enclosed in square brackets, like this one.] During the past two years [2011 to 2012], because I thought my novel, If a Butterfly, was nearing completion [silly me], I started writing (and practicing) pitches for it. I wanted …

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Early Stages -Part 2

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If a Butterfly’s Beginnings Originally posted on Michael Runs the Gamut on October 4, 2014 In the previous post I talked about how NaNoWriMo was helpful to me because it forced me to attempt something I had never done before. I wasn’t thrilled with losing that first year, but I was happy that I had …

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Early Stages – Part 1

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No Plot? No Problem! Again Originally posted on Michael Runs the Gamut on October 4, 2014 [Comments from 2021 are in italics, enclosed in square brackets, like this one.] The newest (Revised, Updated, and Expanded) version of Chris Baty’s wonderful book, No Plot? No Problem! has just been published [in 2014]. And I’m in it …

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