Romance Author Mary Ann Marlowe and the Relief of Going Hybrid

<p>Romance novelist Mary Ann Marlowe joins Queries, Qualms, &amp; Quirks this week to discuss getting into Pitch Wars but not getting an agent, finally finding and losing an agent, the importance of loving the writing first, imposter syndrome, and the relief in being a hybrid author. <strong>✦</strong></p> <p>Mary Ann lives in central Virginia where she works as a computer programmer/DBA. She spent ten years as a university-level French professor, and her resume includes stints as an au pair in Calais, a hotel intern in Paris, a German tutor, a college radio disc jockey, and a webmaster for several online musician fandoms. She has lived in twelve states and three countries and loves to travel. <strong>✦</strong></p> <p>Mary Ann: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uUWxDNkFaxvP40n8yVxYl_szLpLyeRXHq0FLP7bwgQM/edit?usp=sharing"><u>Query Text</u></a> | <a href="http://www.maryannmarlowe.com/"><u>Website</u></a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/maryannmarlowe"><u>Twitter</u></a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mary_ann_marlowe/"><u>Instagram</u></a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/maryannmarlowe"><u>Goodreads</u></a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/39gr9Jo"><u>Amazon</u></a> | Bookshop: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1209/9781496718211"><u>Dating by the Book</u></a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1209/9781733401821"><u>Kind of a Big Deal</u></a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1209/9781496708069"><u>Some Kind of Magic</u></a> | Libro FM: <a href="http://libro.fm/referral?isbn=9781524780289&amp;rf_code=lfm164099"><u>Some Kind of Magic</u></a> | <a href="http://libro.fm/referral?isbn=9781518980299&amp;rf_code=lfm164099"><u>A Crazy Kind of Love</u></a><u> </u><strong>✦</strong></p> <p><a href="https://sarahnicolas.com/queries-qualms-quirks/"><u>QQQ Home Base</u></a> | <a href="https://www.patreon.com/pubtalklive"><u>Support on Patreon</u></a><u> </u><strong>✦</strong></p> <p>If the links aren't clickable, find them at: <a href="http://bit.ly/qqqmaryann"><u>http://bit.ly/qqqmaryann</u></a><u> </u><strong