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Author: Monica Faulkner

As a Los Angeles–based book editor, writing coach, and publishing consultant, my goal is to help you become the best writer you can be — so your books reach their full potential. View profile.
Why Beta Reader Feedback Can Be Invaluable
Writing & Editing Process

Why Beta Reader Feedback Can Be Invaluable

ByMonica Faulkner April 15, 2019February 15, 2022

Is your creative vision on your pages? Here's how you can find out.

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No Time to Write Your Book? Try 10 Minutes a Day
Writing & Editing Process

No Time to Write Your Book? Try 10 Minutes a Day

ByMonica Faulkner February 19, 2018February 15, 2022

With so many demands on our time and energy, how can we successfully engage with our creative work so that we don't squander our “one wild and precious life”?

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How to Submit to a Literary Agent
Selling Your Writing

How to Submit to a Literary Agent

ByMonica Faulkner January 31, 2017February 15, 2022

Do you know what literary agents are looking for? Or what will make them want to read your manuscript? Or what might turn them off?

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Is This the Year You Finally Write Your Novel? 3 Must-Read Resources
Writing & Editing Process

Is This the Year You Finally Write Your Novel? 3 Must-Read Resources

ByMonica Faulkner January 20, 2016March 23, 2022

Is your goal for 2016 to start, finish, or revise your novel? Here are three must-read recommendations for novelists.

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Selling Your Writing

Stalking the Elusive Literary Agent

ByMonica Faulkner November 21, 2012

I recently met a writer who had begun submitting her first novel to literary agents and had a lot of questions: "Why did an agent tell me that I should work with an independent editor and then resubmit it? Why didn't he offer to help me himself?” “Why do agents mail out form rejections instead...

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Selling Your Writing

Your 10-Second Pitch to Agents and Editors

ByMonica Faulkner April 29, 2012

You're at a writers' conference where you're lucky enough to meet a literary agent. When you tell her you've written a book, she asks, “What's it about?” Do you start rambling aimlessly—and lose her interest? Or do you capture her imagination in seconds with one short sentence that makes her say, “Tell me more!”? A...

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