Today I'm excited to have not one, but 4 debut authors here to share with us about their journeys to publication. Brooks Benjamin, Laura Shovan, Shari Schwarz, and Melanie Conklin show us there is no one way to connect with an agent and/or publisher. I hope their interviews will give you an extra boost of... Continue Reading →
Personalizing your query letter can be hard. Do you have to? Well, I've seen agents who are pretty adamant that they want to know why you're sending your manuscript to them. They want more of a reason than “I am a writer and you are an agent so I'm sending you my manuscript” or “You... Continue Reading →
You may have heard the news…I recently signed with an agent! I am beyond pleased to have partnered with agent Sean McCarthy. There couldn't have been a better way for me to wrap up the first year of Sub It Club! (We have a celebration coming up on the 22nd!) Dana Carey encouraged me to... Continue Reading →
Yes, this didn't get posted until the afternoon. C'mon, gimmee a break. It's Christmas! But you didn't come here to look at silly Christmas memes and gifs. (Or you won't admit that's the reason you came here, anyway.) Let's talk queries. Writing your first query can seem like a daunting task. In one or two... Continue Reading →
Aw, yeah. It's Christmas time, and everybody's cleaning and polishing. Getting all spiffed up for the holidays. But not us! We're still at work like--well, like elves--on our manuscripts. And we're ready to query a few of them. STAHP. BEFORE YOU KILL AGAIN. Many agents and editors work right through the holidays, but some don't.... Continue Reading →
To help you keep track of the available writing contest opportunities, we'll post a list each month of the upcoming contests we've heard about. (If you have an upcoming writing contest that you'd like included on the list, please contact Veronica with the details.) We also have a Writing Contests Pinterest board and a NEW Art... Continue Reading →
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