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Friday, July 22, 2016 12:21:47 AM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled Speaking to Strangers:
sally said, "Igiugig, Alaska (Pronounced Ig-ee–og’–ik) It’s a smattering of buildings and an airstrip, where the Kvichak River (Quee’jack River) comes out of Lake Illiamna. It can be reached by plane, boat, snow machine, or dog..." more
Friday, July 22, 2016 12:21:47 AM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled Making Graphics and Sharing Them:
sally said, " I want to share some sites I like, that I don’t hear a lot about. If you blog, or post to Facebook or Twitter, some of these sites I post about here may help you out. Today I want to tell you about the LunaPic editor, which allows you..." more
Friday, July 22, 2016 12:21:47 AM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled Visualizing Success:
sally said, "So up there is the screenshot of my Gmail inbox. Looks good, eh? As long as we don’t click on any of thsoe pesky folders in the sidebar, all will be fine. How is it possible to have 644 emails in a folder that is for mail that should be..." more
Friday, July 22, 2016 12:21:47 AM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled Long Emails:
sally said, "I used to always write long emails. I wanted to communicate carefully. I wanted to be clear. I wanted no misunderstandings to come back and bite me. Now? Not only do I hate writing them, but I can’t bear to even look at ones that other people..." more
Saturday, April 2, 2016 4:17:07 PM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled Sentence Variation ~ or How to Keep Your Readers from Falling Asleep on a Long, Boring Highway:
sally said, "I taught a three-hour intensive on narrative voice at my regional SCBWI conference a couple of weeks ago. Had a great time. Spring Mingle is always good, and, as usual, there was a lot of fun mixed in with the work. But between that conference and..." more
Saturday, April 2, 2016 4:17:07 PM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled ʎsɐǝ ʇ,uıɐ ʇı:
sally said, "Ereh’s a yppah )ton( tsop rof uoy no Lirpa Loof’s Yad. Ti’s ton a ekoj, yletanutrofnu. Tub ti tlef thgir ot tsop ti yadot. Ylno 04 Fles-dehsilbup srohtua era a sseccus, syas Nozama Gnikam yenom gnitirw si hguot. Semitemos ti..." more
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 3:43:57 AM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled A Rant:
sally said, "I am sure you all get tired of agents ranting about how busy they are. Agents, after all, are not busier than other people. All of our technology, which makes things faster and easier in some ways, has also made life more complicated in many ways...." more
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 5:09:57 AM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled Omniscient versus Head Hopping:
sally said, "I’m getting a bunch of good questions from a Facebook page I recently put up for my Udemy students. So, YAY! This is going to help me get some blogging done, I think. Recently, I was asked how to tell the difference between head hopping and..." more
Monday, January 18, 2016 2:56:50 PM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled Comment on Content Marketing and the Fiction Writer by Tracey M. Cox:
sally said, "I think this is a wonderful thing. I know I use this already with my kidlit marketing."
Monday, January 18, 2016 2:56:50 PM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled Comment on Content Marketing and the Fiction Writer by sally apokedak:
sally said, "What do you give away? Is it fiction or nonfiction?"
Monday, January 18, 2016 2:56:50 PM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled Comment on Content Marketing and the Fiction Writer by sally apokedak:
sally said, "Yes, good writing is important. Very much so. That’s one of the things I’ve seen stressed over and over, as I’ve studied this content marketing deal: You give away your best stuff. You don’t give away the bloopers. Because..." more
Monday, January 18, 2016 2:56:50 PM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled Comment on Content Marketing and the Fiction Writer by sally apokedak:
sally said, "I like your sense of humor. And I like your taste in dogs. And I love the title THE MISSIONARY DATE EXTRAVAGANZA."
Monday, January 18, 2016 2:56:50 PM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled Comment on Content Marketing and the Fiction Writer by Kristen Joy Wilks:
sally said, "I’m glad someone does! Did you know our puppy weighs over 70 pounds now?"
Monday, November 23, 2015 7:33:17 PM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled Content Marketing and the Fiction Writer:
sally said, "I recently read an interview with Seth Godin, that made me think about the way we market. I put a couple of courses up on Udemy this year, and I have authors who have published books and who have more books on the way, so I’ve been..." more
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 12:48:08 AM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled The Value of Art:
sally said, "Yesterday I talked about my take on writing from my somewhat warped view of God’s calling on Christians: I had the idea that since writing was so much fun I should give it up. I realize that many of you blog readers aren’t Christians...." more
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 12:47:51 AM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled The Literary Life of Sally the Agent:
sally said, "Are any of you familiar with The Musical Life of Gustav Mole? It’s one of my favorite picture books. It felt right to name this blog post after a picture book, since I’m at a retreat for picture book writers—the WOW (Week of..." more
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 12:47:40 AM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled When Sparrows Fall:
sally said, "A friend lost her son Sunday. A tragic accident, a hit-and-run driver, a moment that can’t be replayed, and he was gone. Just like that. All that vitality. All those years he had ahead of him. Gone. He was a couple of years older than my son,..." more
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 12:47:33 AM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled Thoughts on the Third Year:
sally said, "Every year when the ACFW conference rolls around, I spend a little time thinking about where I’ve been and where I’m going. It was at the ACFW conference in 2012 that Les announced he’d taken on an associate agent. And so here we..." more
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 12:45:37 AM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled Is Anyone Longing for the Good Old Days?:
sally said, "If you’ve met me at a conference you probably know that I don’t carry business cards. How odd is that? Why would an agent not carry business cards? I’m not kidding when I tell conferees I don’t have cards. It’s not..." more
Thursday, December 13, 2012 1:50:35 PM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled Marketing Tips:
sally said, "A quick link for you today. I enjoy reading at the Hartline blog every day, but on Fridays, their publicist posts and she always puts up really helpful info on marketing. Go over there and skim through all Jennifer Hudson Taylor’s author..." more
Thursday, December 13, 2012 1:50:35 PM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled Target Audience and Purpose Statement:
sally said, "I spent five days last week with a group of thirty-odd women speakers. That’s thirty-odd, not thirty, odd. Maybe we were odd, come to think of it. If you could have heard us screaming and crying and laughing and praying, you might have thought..." more
Thursday, December 13, 2012 1:50:35 PM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled Sally’s Big Adventure ~ Can You Spell Children’s Literary Agent?:
sally said, "You may have noticed I’ve been absent for a few weeks. You may have noticed the links to the book reviews have gone missing from my header. Why, you may ask? Because I don’t think literary agents should do a lot of book..." more
Thursday, December 13, 2012 1:50:35 PM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled Winners:
sally said, "I have chosen the winners! Well, actually, Random Number Generator dot com, has chosen the winners. Before I announce the winners, I need to tell you one thing: You all had a very good chance of winning. As soon as Les Stobbe agreed to let me join..." more
Thursday, December 13, 2012 1:50:35 PM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled I’ve Moved:
sally said, "I have a new web address. If you are not redirected in a few seconds, please visit http://www.sally-apokedak.com/ Sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks!"
Friday, July 22, 2016 12:21:47 AM
sally apokedak wrote a blog post titled Online Writing Courses:
sally said, "The world of online courses has exploded. LinkedIn bought Lynda a while back and today I read that Microsoft bought LinkedIn. So how is Lynda going to change, I wonder. Google owns YouTube so that’s a good marketing channel since Google will..." more