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The Ghost in Your Manuscript: What Claude’s Watermark Means for Writers (opens the original)
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THE QUERY DESK Newsletter—Edition No. 38From Jeffrey Mangus, Mangus Literary GroupThe Ghost in Your Manuscript: What Claude’s Watermark Means for Writers and PublishingI grew up in the hills of Southern West Virginia, where folks can smell a fake from three ridges over. If you didn’t belong or tried to be someone you weren’t, folks called you out fast. So when I heard Claude now stamps a fingerprint on the words it produces, I didn’t clutch my typewriter. I nodded. About time.Here
Ten Years. One Leg and a Keyboard. (opens the original)
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In 2017, I lost my left leg below the knee. I won’t dress that up. It was sudden, it was brutal, and it rearranged everything I thought I knew about my own body and my own future. I’d spent twelve years as a cardiovascular perfusion tech keeping people alive. I’d played guitar on the Sunset Strip, standing on stages at Gazzarri’s, the Whisky, and the Roxy. I knew what it was to stand tall. Then, almost overnight, I didn’t.As I stared at an empty sheet where my leg used to be, the grief hit like
The Pendulum Swings Back to Human Writing (opens the original)
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THE QUERY DESKA newsletter from Mangus Literary GroupFor the past few years, it seems that almost every conversation, post, and article has focused on the use of AI. I’ve written about it several times, about my strong stance against using AI as the sole tool for writing. One, I believe in the craft and the spirit of writing. I believe in pushing your brain to the limit to find that perfect sentence that flows with rhythmic brilliance. There’s a magic in it. Using AI as a writer, you rob yoursel
The Difference Between a Good Book and a Sellable Book (opens the original)
What I Look for in the First Ten Pages (opens the original)
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As an agent It is my practice to ask for ten pages of the best writing of any manuscript. Usually that is the first ten pages and I read the first pages the way a doctor triages a patient. Fast, honest, and without a slow buildup. If those pages don't grab me, I know I won't find what i’m looking for on page eighty. I won't get there because I’ve checked out and so will an editor, or a reader who's choosing between your book and the latest Tik Tok on their phone.I'm looking for voice. Not polish
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