Thursday, June 17, 2010
Query hiatus extended.
I am extending my query hiatus through the end of the summer. Any queries received between June 1st and October 1st will be deleted unread.
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The Swivet is maintained by Colleen Lindsay; I'm part of the business development team at Penguin Group (USA) and community manager for Book Country. I'm also available to speak at writers conferences and genre conventions; you can contact me here. Disclaimer: This is a personal blog; opinions expressed herein are entirely my own and do not reflect those of Penguin Group (USA) or any of its affiliates.
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Where You Can Find Me in 2012:
Digital Book World Marketing Summit
-- New York, NY [January 23rd]
Tools of Change
-- New York, NY [February 14th]
Sleuthfest
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Romantic Times BookLovers Convention
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Book Expo
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