A quick link to tide you over until today’s About My Query post! Frequent commenter Krista V. posted a great interview with me on her blog Mother. Write. (I say “great” in that she asked some interesting, insightful questions, and I hope you find my answers to be the same!) Check it out! Hey, look! [...]
Right then. Today we’re talking about that third thing I list on my Submissions page — Pop Culture Narrative Nonfiction. So what is that? Let’s break it down, first, and just talk about the narrative nonfiction aspect. Narrative nonfiction is also known as creative or literary nonfiction, and to quote from Wikipedia, which quotes from [...]
You guys, fabulous authors right and left keep saying amazing things about Anna and the French Kiss! Today’s singer-of-praise? New York Times bestselling author of the Wake trilogy, Lisa McMann! I quote: “Smart and sensual, Anna and the French Kiss is everything your heart is longing for. You’ll want to live inside this story forever. [...]
Apparently, the theme of my posts this week is going to be all about queries and genres. Which is cool by me! Today I want to talk a little more about what I termed “witty women’s fiction” on my submissions page, and what that means in terms of what I’m looking for. I’ve used an [...]
I will freely admit that I’m currently behind on my query reading. Instead of that two-week window I aim to respond within, I’m somewhere near the four week mark, and horribly embarrassed about it. So I’m trying to get caught up as quickly as possible, and that means long days of plowing through query after [...]
