Not long ago, Rachel Menard announced the sale of her debut novel, GAME OF STRENGTH AND STORM, in our Sub It Club submission support group. She also shared some quick stats on her journey, and they are amazing! Certain that we all needed to know more, I asked Rachel if she would tell us about... Continue Reading →
Carol Coven Grannick is one of the members of our Sub It Club submission support group who has years of experience writing and submitting work. Carol has sold pieces to magazines, signed with an agent, and is celebrating her debut novel! But, of course, there is much more to it than that. Carol is here... Continue Reading →
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 →
