I’m excited to share that my novel, tentatively titled The Firecar Road, now has a literary agent. Anyone who has pitched a novel knows how difficult it can be to get a literary agent, as competition is fierce, agents have limited time, and opinions are highly subjective.
The next step is preparing the manuscript to pitch to publishing houses, another daunting process. Wish me luck!
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I recently started a new Medium publication to have a creative writing outlet while I work on other projects. Letters from a Traveling Friend shares semi-fictional letters with topics blending travel, philosophy, mindfulness and wisdom. It’s completely free to read, open to readers who aren’t Medium members.
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Recognize the image below? This famous photograph immortalizes the Golden Spike Ceremony at Promontory Summit, taken shortly after the joining of the first transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. It was perhaps the greatest engineering feat of its time, yet absent from this image are any of the 15,000 Chinese railmen who helped make it possible.
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