Pitching is in the air! We're fresh off the excitement of #Pitmad and moving on into some more great pitch contests. Don't like pitch contests? That's okay! There are plenty of other opportunities too. And you can always submit your work the old fashioned way... do your research (Writers Market is a good place to start),... Continue Reading →
As you may have heard, #PitMad is a super awesome pitch event. Incase you don’t know, #PitMad is a quarterly Twitter pitch party where you pitch your work in a tweet. Agents and editors look in on #PitMad tweets throughout the day, and if yours piques their interest they just might request a look. Writers... Continue Reading →
I knew I had to get Brooke Boynton Hughes to share her postcard tips after I saw her work on the Official SCBWI Conference blog. Brooke's portfolio was selected as a runner up at the SCWBI Winter 2014 Conference in February. A jury of art directors, editors, and agents from children's publishing chose from over... Continue Reading →
Can a writer find representation with a tweet? Sure! Today we are happy to share the story of how one writer and one agent found each other through Twitter. Of course, there was a lot of work both before and after that tweet... She Said / She Said: How I Got My Agent By Dina... Continue Reading →
On Monday I posted How Do Know Your Manuscript is Ready? As I was writing I wondered, how do other authors know when their manuscripts are ready? I asked a few author friends for their quick thoughts on the matter so that I could share them with you. Here is what they said: The short... Continue Reading →
You have a story with a great hook. It's unique and you think it can stand up in today's marketplace. You want to send it out for consideration and of course you want your submission to be its very best! But how do you know when it’s ready? That seems to be one of the... Continue Reading →
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