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The pre­view for this quarter’s ALAN Review is posted on the ALAN Online web­site for your view­ing plea­sure.  You can also enjoy a pre­view of an inter­view with coe­booth  in the same issue.

Agent Rachel Vater is doing a query work­shop for aspir­ing writ­ers on her blog raleva31 . A cou­ple of times, she’s labeled a novel as “quiet.”  Does any­one know what does she mean?  That it’s too lit­er­ary?  That noth­ing much hap­pens?  That it’s more about rela­tion­ships?  Is it agent-speak for bor­ing? Quiet minds want to know.