R.J. Patteson

Author and screenwriter. Academy Nicholl Quarterfinalist. Stories in: @fiveonthefifth, @dailydrunkmag, @xraylitmag, @GhostParachute, @MoonParkReview, @svjlit ++

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Colour Theory by April Bulmer is brilliant. Each poem named after a swatch you'd get at a hardware store. Telling a tale of soulmates who reunite through lifetimes.

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Murals painted across Phoenix to honor Black History Month
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Richard is a talented Canadian author of fantasy and a member of my writers' group. Congrats to him on his new release!

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If you happen to be in Rochester, New York on this #SmallBusinessSaturday come check out the opening of MoonPark Review co-editor and illustrator Lesley C. Weston’s (@ArtMoonpark) very first one-woman art show at the fabulous Orange Glory Cafe!

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#WritingCommunity I am a fiction writer. I have a finished draft of a mystery on Cortes Island BC, involving the murder of an Indigenous woman. Looking to commission an Indigenous sensitivity reader to review & make suggestions. Please DM recommendations to @mariannescott44

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So proud to have a story appearing in the latest issue of @DoorIsAJarMag! Alongside some incredible artists, and in print! Wow!

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The Fall Issue of .@DoorIsAJarMag is now live!

Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine is a print and digital publication of poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, drama and artwork. Issue 20 Fall 2021 features the work of 33 contributors from all around the world.

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@tylercdempsey @rejectionlit @dt_robbins Congrats! Big day

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@SarahEKaake There's a handful of agents on Query Tracker that don't have websites. But if you look up their clients, they seem pretty legit. If anything it could be an indicator of a very successful agent. I stumbled on one that rep'd a super famous writer (forget who :p)

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@MckelleA You should check out Derick Zoolander's school for kids who can't query good. :p

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Meet the lady in my life. New battery, tune up. Couple months of good weather still.

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@wotorreswrites You could pocket the manuscript. Write a new book (sell out a little more). Then once you've established yourself, you'll have this book to show. But adult SciFi is hard so You might need to query more than 30 agents. Pitch contests I would ignore.

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@StephanieCotela You see people with crazy stats. 30-40% request rate. But I think that's not across all genres. Like, adult science fiction won't pull those numbers. Also, when you see an agented author show their stats, how many of those FRs came after sending notice of rep? A lot!

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@DB_Simpson3 @WritersDigest The Molotov Cocktail.

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@SeptimusBrown Nice article. I think it's also become a strategy for agents. By leaving things in limbo there's a chance the writer gets an offer from a different agent. Then sends a notice of rep. Giving the agent a chance to poach the writer. Even though they weren't initially interested.

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@cassidywriting What is the thing that makes her stronger? Don't be vague. Say what that is. Family? The love of this man?

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@cassidywriting Pretty good. I'd change up saying "New York" in sentences back-to-back. Call it the big city second time. foreshadow the sister's death that is mentioned later. Surely that's one other reason she left home. Put that in first sentence with writing asperation.

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#FF #WritingCommunity @moonrabbitcandy @rjpatteson @StrombergLit @BendingGenres @GhostParachute @FreeStateReview @pdforan @bdholms @jedwardkruft @LaurelReview @francinewitte @flashfroglitmag @Coffee_House_ @BlackLawrence @TomGumbert @ArtMoonpark @NewWorldWriting @megpokrass ⭐️❤️

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@MoonParkReview @moonrabbitcandy @StrombergLit @BendingGenres @GhostParachute @FreeStateReview @pdforan @bdholms @jedwardkruft @LaurelReview @francinewitte @flashfroglitmag @Coffee_House_ @BlackLawrence @TomGumbert @ArtMoonpark @NewWorldWriting @megpokrass My name up in lights. MoonPark, thank you!

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@HydeandC I got an email today for a pitch I'm doing tomorrow. So check your junk mail!

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@AuthorM_Morris I might be wrong, but I think it's important for you to try and get some short story publications. For that genre. Because literary fiction scene is character-driven. So the agents you're subbing to are already getting stuff from accomplished s/s writers.