The Postcard Post: Mike DeSantis

I picked up a lot of wonderful postcards at the SCBWI summer Conference in Los Angeles (those postcards do get around). One of them was created by our featured illustrator today. Sub It Club welcomes illustrator Mike DeSantis to The Postcard Post. Illustrator Mike DeSantis lives near Cleveland, Ohio with his wonderful wife, his three delightful... Continue Reading →

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Query Letters That Worked: CITY OF LIES (Fantasy)

  Sub It Clubber Sam Hawke has good news to share. Her debut fantasy novel, CITY OF LIES (Tor, 2018) arrived on shelves in July after a very long journey! Sam started researching agents in 2013, began querying in late 2014, and got her agent in mid 2015. About a year later (2016), her agent... Continue Reading →

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The Postcard Post: Abi Cushman

Sub It Club welcomes author/illustrator Abi Cushman to The Postcard Post. Abi Cushman is a children’s book author and illustrator. She is the winner of the New England SCBWI Portfolio Showcase (2018), the PEN New England Susan P. Bloom Discovery Award (2017) and the Tassy Walden New Voices Award (2017). Abi lives along the Connecticut shoreline... Continue Reading →

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What We Talk About When We Talk About An Offer of Representation

In light of the Danielle Smith/Lupine Grove Creative scandal last month, this seems like a good time to talk about questions that authors and illustrators can ask their prospective agent to make sure that the working relationship will be a good one. Every agent works and communicates with their clients in different ways, and it... Continue Reading →

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On Making Mistakes

“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 →

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Evaluate Small Publishers Like A Pro

You've been offered a book contract. Woo hoo! As a long-time Sub It Club reader, you've done your homework. You've made sure the publisher isn't a vanity press that will require you to pay to publish. You've had a publishing lawyer review the contract to make sure it's free from questionable terms. It's time to... Continue Reading →

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