Chris Denz

Back to Work

chrisdenz — Wed, 19 May 2010 02:41:53 +0000

I started back to work this week after over four months of time off. For those of you who didn’t know, I needed an ACL reconstruction performed on my left knee after a PMIS (Personal Moment of Intense Stupidity). Although, I detested the leg brace, crutches, pain, and physical therapy the surgery went very well [...]

Dialog Tags – Little Margaret

chrisdenz — Mon, 03 May 2010 22:33:27 +0000

On Saturday, I met with the local Writer’s Group. One of the topics discussed was dialog tags. Words like said or asked, which are used to help clue your reader into who is talking and to help guide the reader’s imagination. We had a short free-writing session and the prompt word to get us started was just one word, [...]

The Waiting Game

chrisdenz — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:10:40 +0000

I’m learning a lot about myself as I work to become a published author. My latest personal revelation is that I am horribly impatient. I’ve decided to keep about five active queries for my manuscript floating in the query-verse. I think that simultaneous submissions are the best way for me to go, because it will [...]

WEbook is Going to Charge for Agent Inbox

chrisdenz — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:38:13 +0000

I found out today that WEbook will start charging for their Agent Inbox service starting in May. I’m having mixed feelings about this. I’ve only queried one agent through the service, so I’m not very committed to the process, and I’m pretty sure I won’t be paying their upcoming $40 fee. While I like the [...]

Help I’m Writing a Book Synopsis

chrisdenz — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:31:27 +0000

Well, I’ve been reviewing the submission guidelines for many of the literary agents on Agent Inbox. I’ve noticed many of them require writers to include a book synopsis with their submissions. Of course, now I’m reading online and trying to discern what exactly writing a book synopsis entails. Here are a few things that are [...]

Feedback on the Excerpt for Dodging Demons

chrisdenz — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:45:24 +0000

My brother, Paul recently sent me an email after reading the excerpt posted for Dodging Demon’s. Here’s what he said: Its early morning, and I just got back from the cemetery… Eh hem. So I read the first chapter of your latest book and I didn’t notice any grammatical errors which is pretty amazing, because [...]

Kelley Finished Reading Dodging Demons

chrisdenz — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:45:58 +0000

My wife, Kelley just finished reading Dodging Demons. She read it in only two nights and told me she loved it. Of course, I know she’s biased, but hey it served as a fantastic ego boost. She told me to start writing the second book in the series, because she wants to find out what [...]

Query Letter Content

chrisdenz — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:05:23 +0000

While I was trying to write my first query letter, I quickly discovered that I had no clue what content I needed to put in it. Almost every source I found told me to limit it to one page, keep it professional and to the point. However, the sources never really let me know what [...]

My Experience With WEbook’s Agent Inbox

chrisdenz — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:00:20 +0000

I imagine, I’m in the same boat as a lot of writers. After days of toiling over my keyboard getting the words out, I spend almost no time telling the world about what I’ve written. It’s not that I’m some shy anti-social recluse. I’m actually a very social guy. The problem is, that while I love [...]