THE FIRST FIVE PAGES
***Note: I will be out of the country from March 11 until May 12, 2016. During that time I will be checking my work email but I will not be working on manuscripts. Thank you for your understanding. Nor will I be posting my blog. I will return to both editing and blogging upon return in mid May. It’s a funny thing, the first five pages of a manuscript. They say—I’m referring to agents, editors, and publishers here—that the first five pages (or first few chapters, really) shoul
