Lucy A. Snyder

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Dealing with rejections from editors

May 10, 2005 Lucy A. Snyder 1

In the inevitable event that you get a rejection letter from a publisher, you should, in the vast majority of cases, not take it personally. […]

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Is the publisher just a middleman?

May 6, 2005 Lucy A. Snyder 0

“The publisher is just the middleman!” I’ve heard many an aspiring writer make a statement to this effect. And, really, who can blame them? We […]

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What can happen if you accidentally plagiarize

May 5, 2005 Lucy A. Snyder 0

Most of us first encounter the notion of plagiarism while we’re in school. Countless schoolkids unwittingly become plagiarists when they write their first few research […]

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Secret (Literary) Agent Man

May 3, 2005 Lucy A. Snyder 0

The Traditional Path To Being Agented When you’re trying to sell your first novel, you’re stuck in a terrible Catch-22: many publishers won’t look at […]

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Finding or Creating a Writer’s Workshop Group

May 3, 2005 Lucy A. Snyder 0

You’ve reached a certain level in your writing and you realize that you need feedback from people other than your friends in order to improve […]

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Book Review: The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror

April 30, 2005 Lucy A. Snyder 0

The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror is an anthology series of — you guessed it — fantasy and horror that St. Martin’s Press has been […]

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Getting Your Work Published

April 29, 2005 Lucy A. Snyder 0

Okay. You’ve written your story or poem. You think it’s good. Your friends say it rocks. Your creative writing instructor gave it an “A” and […]

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Pitching for Star Trek

April 28, 2005 Lucy A. Snyder 0

From a writer’s standpoint, one of the most interesting aspects of the mid-90s Star Trek shows (Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) was […]

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Movie Review: Nature of the Beast

April 22, 2005 Lucy A. Snyder 0

Nature of the Beast is a 1995 horror thriller written and directed by Victor Salva, who is also the writer/director of Jeepers Creepers and the […]

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Lloyd Alexander’s The Iron Ring

April 21, 2005 Lucy A. Snyder 0

The Iron Ring is a short fantasy novel written by noted children’s author Lloyd Alexander. Though is aimed primarily toward older kids, anyone with a […]

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Why I Stopped Wanting To Be a Biologist When I Grew Up

April 18, 2005 Lucy A. Snyder 0

It all started innocently enough. I had just begun my senior year as a biology major at a West Texas college, and I had just […]

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So you want to start a webzine …

April 15, 2005 Lucy A. Snyder 0

First, ask yourself why you want to start a webzine. There are lots of good reasons, but if you can’t give yourself a cogent answer, […]

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