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Most people don’t have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers, nor do they have the contacts at newspapers or magazines to get their books reviewed.

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MoneyBooks Create

In 1986 we were trying to help women get in print, stay in print, and come to the attention of booksellers and libraries. At that time, books by men mystery writers were reviewed seven times as often as books by women.

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MenTimeWomen

Write what you care about.

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Care

The crime novel has always been my favourite genre.

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Crime Favourite Novel

Sisters in Crime now has more than 4,000 members worldwide.

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Crime Members Sisters

No agent wants to see a book until he or she has decided whether to pursue the relationship.

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Book Until Whether

My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework.

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HomeParents Stay

It took me nine months to write 60 pages. It was very frustrating.

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Months Nine Took

I realised I’d never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book.

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Book Climb Realised

Capo, my first golden retriever, so loved to swim she once jumped off a cliff to get into Lake Superior.

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Golden Loved Superior

Around the time I turned 30, I wanted to publish a novel.

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TimeNovel Turned

You get weird and unsettling behaviour in the country.

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Behaviour Unsettling Weird

I always wrote; my first story was published in the magazine The American Girl when I was 11.

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Girl Story Wrote

I’m very honoured that there is a loyal following and I hope it continues.

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HopeFollowing Loyal

The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It’s a complete list of agents, not only by name and address, but by type of book they represent and by what their submission criteria are.

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BestBook Name
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