Confronting Grief in Fiction
In my new book, The Secrets of Flowers, the main character, Emma, is a young widow trying to make sense of her
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Read MoreWelcome back to the Successful Queries series. In this installment, find a query letter for Christine Murphy’s debut novel, Notes
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