Has this country lost its collective mind? Have we become so full of partisanship that hatred trumps reason? Has the quarantine flooded book publishing so that many new voices are ignored? Does the prevailing madness
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The query process is not fun
I have gone through the querying process for three books and many years. Send out query letters get rejected. Every once in a while more material is requested. I even had an independent publisher for
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Here I go again
It is quite satisfying to do a first draft read of a finished work and discover that it is quite good. I was worried that the bar was set too high with my last book
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A bunker mentality
I’m fully vaccinated and so is my husband. We don’t have to wear masks around others who are vaccinated. The CDC says it’s low risk to fly. Restaurants are OK. So why am I still
Continue ReadingAnother award—oh my!
Press release: Contact:Karen S. Bell at karen.bell@yahoo.com or karen@karensbellblog.com website: http://www.karensbell.com KAREN S. BELL receives national recognition through the NEW YORK CITY BIG BOOK AWARD®! Ponte Vedra, Fl — The NYC BIG BOOK AWARD recognized
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