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What do you want to see in Writer’s Digest magazine?
Dear Promptly prompters, Apologies for the brief disappearing act in April—we’ve been working to finish our July/August issue, start our big September Big 10 issue, develop some exciting new stuff…
Zachary Petit
Published May 4, 2011 8:12 PM PDT
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“As an agent, I turn down ‘good enough’ ideas every day. The distance between ‘good enough’ and ‘great’ may not be huge, but …”
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Sue Grafton on the same lesson she learns every book (plus, a Thanksgiving prompt)
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