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Individual characters that are carbon copies (at least of personality) of people you know? Not "wrong" but might not make for a too exciting...
Tousling sounds right but the spelling looks wrong. Never heard of "mussed" here in the states. Other possibilities: tossed, flipped, fluffed....
It seems to me that there probably isn't much of a market for poetry these days. Was there ever? So many people write poetry. Elderly...
Surely the best way to find writing "beta readers" would be to talk to your friends, family, and online friends and maybe get to know some folks...
Is sending a follow-up to publishers standard?
While the Writer's Market may have been the go-to writing industry guide, I think things have changed a lot since the internet's grown so much. I...
I'm new here, so I hope you don't mind me making a suggestion. It looks like a nice writing community, btw. I noticed you have a writing...
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