Linda Adams, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/linda-adams/ Thu, 12 Jul 2018 17:49:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 How I Learned to Improve My Craft https://booksbywomen.org/how-i-learned-to-improve-my-craft-by-linda-maye-adams/ https://booksbywomen.org/how-i-learned-to-improve-my-craft-by-linda-maye-adams/#respond Sun, 26 Aug 2018 17:30:34 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=23509 Everyone imagines sending their book off to an agent and magic happens.  When I put my first finished novel in the mail, I thought it was going to be a best seller.  Then I got form rejection after form rejection. I know now that a form rejection means the agents probably weren’t getting past the […]

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