A Prayer to Metatron
Probably twelve years or so ago, before my first book was published, I sent a query letter to Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. I got a very nice if perfunctory reply from an editor telling me that they do not consider authors until they have established their voice. This was a polite way of telling me that I needed to be writing magazine articles and/or publishing with a small press before I could hope to be taken seriously by a major player like HBJ. Still, it was advice that I took to heart and, as this post makes clear, have continued to ponder up to today. (more…)
October 5, 2007 | Categories: Writing | Tags: Metatron, voice of God, writer's voice, Writing | 5 Comments »
