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More client successes to announce!
More client successes to announce!

Join me in congratulating these newly published and newly agented clients!

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OtherSarah CypherApril 7, 2015indie, project 2015, successesComment
Writer's Block and Depression
Writer's Block and Depression

This has to be every writer's worst nightmare: to wake up one day and not be able to do it anymore.

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OtherSarah CypherApril 1, 2015writing life, motivation Comment
Making a Scene: Plot versus Drama
Making a Scene: Plot versus Drama

How to diagnose problems in your fiction, scene by scene. Self-revise to see the difference (and spend less on editing down the road).

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WritingSarah CypherMarch 4, 2015revision, elements of craftComment
What Makes a Strong, Sympathetic Protagonist?
What Makes a Strong, Sympathetic Protagonist?

Your characters can help you articulate the profoundly personal--prompting the reader to surrender to the story and its vision.

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WritingSarah CypherFebruary 16, 2015characters, project 2015 Comment
Deal announcement: Imprint of Simon & Schuster buys "The Regulars"!
Deal announcement: Imprint of Simon & Schuster buys "The Regulars"!

Congratulations are in order for the hardworking, brilliant Georgia Clark!

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PublishingSarah CypherFebruary 3, 2015project 2015, successesComment
Make your voice original by getting rid of "received text"
Make your voice original by getting rid of "received text"

“Received text” is a form of cliché, received from the nebulous lingo of lazy writing, stereotypes, aphorisms, business jargon, and slang re-digested back into soundbites and advertising copy.

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WritingSarah CypherJanuary 28, 2015elements of craft Comments
A Famous Rejection Letter
A Famous Rejection Letter
Publishing, ReviewsSarah CypherJanuary 21, 2015project 2015Comment
Scaffolding, or How You Build Something Out of Nothing
Scaffolding, or How You Build Something Out of Nothing
WritingSarah CypherJanuary 15, 2015elements of craft, exposition, revisionComment
David Kalis makes Kirkus best-of-2014 list
Publishing, ReviewsSarah CypherDecember 28, 2014Comment
Editor interview! Shop talk with author Georgia Clark...
OtherSarah CypherSeptember 21, 2014Comment
The Cost of Editing a Book
The Cost of Editing a Book

How to make your self-publishing dollar go further—and still publish a book you’re proud of.

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PublishingSarah CypherAugust 29, 2014Comment
Book deal announcement! (Hint: We think it'll be a bestseller.)
PublishingSarah CypherAugust 21, 2014Comment
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