by Linda Phillips | Nov 16, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
AT LAST…. You know the old 1941 song made famous by Glen Miller, sung by everyone from Ella Fitzgerald to Beyonce. Its love song lyrics go like this: At last my love has come along My lonely days are over And life is like a song.It goes on to say:I found a...
by Linda Phillips | Oct 16, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
HERE WE GO AGAIN…… So here I am on pins and needles (feels more like daggers and spears) once again because my yet-to-be-published book CRAZY is making an appearance at yet another acquisition committee. The first time around my agent wooed a larger,...
by Linda Phillips | Sep 11, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
Self-publishing or Not, That is the Question…. Recently I had the privilege of speaking to a group of writers at the Charlotte Write To Publish Group. They invited me to talk about my experience acquiring an agent, so I gladly stepped up to the plate and gave...
by Linda Phillips | Sep 3, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
AN ANGELIC OPPORTUNITY On this fascinating sojourn to find a publisher for CRAZY, my Young Adult novel written in verse, I find myself launching into new territory. Backing up a bit, I have worked with an agent for the past year and-a-half to no avail. While she...
by Linda Phillips | Aug 21, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
AFTER THE HIATUS I’m back. It’s been almost a year. I told myself I wasn’t going to blog again until I had something substantial to blog about. So I retired from teaching. That may not be substantial to you, but it is major to me. Today, as a...
by Linda Phillips | Oct 8, 2011 | Blog, Uncategorized
Every year at about this time, we take our sixth-graders on an overnight camping excursion to a nearby YMCA facility. For some this is a first-time experience, and a big part of our planning is dedicated to relieving the anxiety and answering all the questions about...
