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Mary Oliver’s Instructions for living a life:Pay attention.Be astonished.Tell about it. Dear Vi, Some time ago I came upon this poem by Mary Oliver and it struck me, it really struck me, that this is not something that is part of our world anymore. Paying attention, I mean. Being astonished by the little things that…

Yesterday I sent out the fortieth query in my novel query process, so it feels like time to send you an update! Forty queries means forty carefully crafted emails, each with its own research behind it—researching agents, checking submission guidelines, double-checking agent interests, double-checking email address, and triple-checking that I’ve spelled the agent’s name correctly.…