Blank page. Clean slate. Fresh start. Even if you swear off New Year's resolutions, there's something about starting a new year that changes our energy, making us eager for new ventures. If you're a Sub It Club member, you're polishing your pages, honing your query, building your sub list, and poised to hit send to... Continue Reading →
True confessions. I started and restarted this blog post many, many, many times (and ate a lot of Christmas cookies in the process). Should I offer practical advice, like whether to send submissions over the holidays? (The answer: Always send your work when ready. Agents--if they aren't closed to submissions--often try to make inroads on... Continue Reading →
“I thought this was what I wanted, but now that I’m here, I don’t know if I can handle it!” I stared in shock at my thirteen-year-old daughter as she broke down the night before her first volleyball practice. Just a week before, we had been celebrating the fact that she made the high school... Continue Reading →
I am not really a mountain woman. I mean, I’ve gone on my fair share of hikes here and there, but when we’re talking about spending time outdoors on a vacation of some sort, I tend to want to leave the valley I live in and head to the coast. To illustrate, let me tell... Continue Reading →
Ready to welcome 2018 with a bang? Here at Sub It Club, we're excited to support you during a whole new year of submissions to agents, editors, and art directors. We know sending your work out can be stressful, so we invented a new game to keep you occupied: Small Steps to Success BINGO.... Continue Reading →
And so, it’s that time of year again. The end is upon us. We are lighting candles, decorating evergreens, and rushing to get our submissions in before publishing offices close for the holidays. And some of us—most of us, even—are looking ahead to the new year. Maybe you didn’t achieve everything you were hoping to... Continue Reading →
