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Interestingly, my blog on WDC has been viewed 999 times.

I found this literary agency that says they want to help new writers and they charge no fee. I sent them a partial manuscript. They now say I need to have a professional critique done and it only costs $70-90. Not a lot of money but it raised a red flag. I did some research and it seems many people are concerned about this deal. Additionally, the company that they negotiate many of their books with is their parent company.

I bailed.

Looks like I am going to have to market my book the old fashion way...work at it.

I have bought a book on how to find an agent. There are a lot of such things out there. In the mean time, I am writing a short SF story for submission to a magazine.

I wrote an entry for the Inspirational Quote contest. I went with a love story since that got into my head first. I am not a love story writer/reader so I have no idea how it reads. but the deed is done.

I am also in the 14-7-1 contest. My first entry was made at the last minute. The next day, someone pointed out a typo. I have to leave it there because it is too late for that prompt. Lesson here is that if you have 2 days to get the story in, do it the first day so you can use feedback to make it better before the deadline.

It is raining now...

J