Doing anything Saturday, October 10th? If you’re free, and happen to be in the Colorado area, you can come Ask Daphne your questions live and in person at the Douglas County Libraries Writers Conference, “An entire day of workshops, networking and activities for writers. Gain valuable tips and insight from experienced writers and other [...]
I’ve still got a bit of backlog of About My Query posts, so I think this week will be ALL About My Query, all the time! I mean, I don’t want to get to a point where by the time I post a query, the author’s already got their book about to hit the [...]
In honor of last night’s season premiere of Bones, a question from Karen, who asks:
I was watching Bones the other day and the character Temperance Brennan mentioned that her publisher gave her a car! That got me thinking… since we all know how Hollywood often gets real jobs wrong. But do publishers often gift their [...]
I promised to announce a winner in the Labor Day book review contest, and I have not forgotten! Or rather, I remembered again! Most of your reviews were also for Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, which makes a ton of sense, giving that it came out that weekend. If you didn’t check [...]
Basketball-skewering heels for RLA, who’s our latest “About My Query” participant. You know the drill: I post a query, make my comments on how it reads, what I would do to improve it, etc., and then you add your notes on the same in the comments. Ready for the tip-off? (Don’t worry, [...]
