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Don’t Judge a Book by its Back Cover
The Grind D. S. G. Burke 1/7/23 The Grind D. S. G. Burke 1/7/23

Don’t Judge a Book by its Back Cover

As an experiment, I asked ChatGPT to write some back cover copy to see how they’d fare.

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The Perfect Query Letter Myth
The Grind D. S. G. Burke 5/14/21 The Grind D. S. G. Burke 5/14/21

The Perfect Query Letter Myth

A worrying amount of the population also believe that the Earth is flat.

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The Dean Koontz Secret to Becoming a Good Writer
The Grind D. S. G. Burke 2/22/21 The Grind D. S. G. Burke 2/22/21

The Dean Koontz Secret to Becoming a Good Writer

He writes Dad Books, right?

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Beta Reading for Unicorns
The Grind D. S. G. Burke 1/30/21 The Grind D. S. G. Burke 1/30/21

Beta Reading for Unicorns

I kept a notes app page of everyone who ever said those five magic words after hearing about my book: “I’d love to read it!”

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When to Query: A Calendar
The Grind D. S. G. Burke 1/13/21 The Grind D. S. G. Burke 1/13/21

When to Query: A Calendar

Never query on a leap year! (hello: 2020!)

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13 Clickbait Blog Post Titles for Writers
The Grind D. S. G. Burke 12/9/20 The Grind D. S. G. Burke 12/9/20

13 Clickbait Blog Post Titles for Writers

You’ll never guess #12…

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How it Started vs. How it’s Going
The Grind D. S. G. Burke 12/2/20 The Grind D. S. G. Burke 12/2/20

How it Started vs. How it’s Going

One thing I certainly did not do is finish the book. 

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ABQ: Always Be Querying
The Grind D. S. G. Burke 11/11/20 The Grind D. S. G. Burke 11/11/20

ABQ: Always Be Querying

I’ve considered setting up an email filtering system that automatically deletes any message containing the word “unfortunately.”

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The Great #NaNoWriMo Heist
The Grind D. S. G. Burke 10/21/20 The Grind D. S. G. Burke 10/21/20

The Great #NaNoWriMo Heist

I hope to come out of November with a completed first draft. Whew.

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Plotting During a Pandemic
The Grind D. S. G. Burke 10/14/20 The Grind D. S. G. Burke 10/14/20

Plotting During a Pandemic

By 2045, everything has gone terribly, predictably wrong due to a weak global response to the climate catastrophe…

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