As I’m looking at queries, I’m coming across a lot of details in book descriptions that seem rushed, like so:
“She is helped in her efforts by a brooding vampire with a soul, a lesbian witch, a former vengeance demon, a British librarian, a platinum blonde vampire with a chip in his head, and a teenage [...]
In preparation for reopening to queries on Monday the 9th, I thought it might be worthwhile to put up a little more detail of what I’m looking for in manuscripts to represent — and just as importantly, what I don’t care to see more of.
In general, I’m open to young adult and middle grade fiction [...]
Thanks again to Shelli Johannes-Wells for her guest posts on marketing! Please read on for her final blog in the series.
Hi everyone thanks for having me here!
Today, I’m going to talk through some budget-friendly techniques to get your book out there. Because let’s face it – we are not all Stephenie Meyer and we won’t [...]
We talked yesterday about some things authors should STOP doing in 2012, but I’m curious — what are your New Year’s Resolutions? What do you want to START?
Whether or not they’re writing or publishing resolutions, I think there’s something powerful in sharing them, or talking about them publicly. Maybe it’s just that it’s harder to [...]
Welcome back, all! Did everyone have a good holiday break? Get some reading in, or editing, or some fabulously relaxing writing time? I hope so!
Alas, I didn’t get quite as much done as I’d hoped — it turns out an 11-month-old is not the most conducive partner for quiet reading time. But today everyone headed [...]
