Chris Denz

Writer and Aspiring Author

Are you sure I shouldn't kill him? You know, just to make sure. — Julian

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The Waiting Game

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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. [...]

WEbook is Going to Charge for Agent Inbox

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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. [...]

Help I’m Writing a Book Synopsis

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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. [...]

Feedback on the Excerpt for Dodging Demons

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My brother, Paul recently sent me an email after reading the excerpt posted for Dodging Demon’s. Here’s what he said [...]

Kelley Finished Reading Dodging Demons

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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 [...]

Query Letter Content

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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 [...]

My Experience With WEbook’s Agent Inbox

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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 [...]