http://ktliterary.com books aren’t just what we do, they’re who we are Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:08:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lately I've gotten a number of emails from authors who'd like me to feature their query in my regular weekly "About My Query" posts (or AMQ for short). And I thought it would be helpful to put up the guidelines for such here, as a single reference point, and ... http://ktliterary.com/2010/03/about-my-about-my-queries/ Clearly, I was a little too excited yesterday by the Oscars to actually blog, but I'll make up for it today. First, as promised in last week's post in which I asked you to make a speech about your theoretical awards-show thank you speech, one free copy of Scarlett ... http://ktliterary.com/2010/03/and-the-oscar-goes-to/ Beautiful colorful shoes for Vee, whose About My Query follows. Before we go, though, a quick note about these posts. Each query that appears here was sent to me for the express purpose of being posted and commented on. I don't just pull queries from my inbox ... http://ktliterary.com/2010/03/ask-daphne-about-my-query-xxxxiv/ With the Oscars coming up this weekend, it seems like everyone has award show fervor on the brain. I was reading John Scalzi's reprint of an article he wrote a few years ago about borrowing a friend's Oscar, and it got me wondering... If you were given an award for ... http://ktliterary.com/2010/03/id-like-to-thank-the-academy/ Technically, I was back on Monday, but I had a lot of catching up to do yesterday and today, so I feel like I'm only now back in the swing of things (Note: not my back pictured.). But I want to issue a huge round of thanks to my ... http://ktliterary.com/2010/03/im-back-2/ We all know how the publishing process is supposed to go. You write a fabulous book, then land your dream agent, who sells your book to a publisher. A year later--voila! You’re a published author. Except, it doesn’t always work like that. Sometimes that first book never finds a publisher. Sometimes the ... http://ktliterary.com/2010/03/guest-blog-by-trish-doller-take-two/ Another Friday, another image of fabulous shoes, another About My Query post! In the spirit of this week, however, we've got a guest blogger commenting -- Maureen Johnson, author of Scarlett Fever and many other fine novels, available wherever books are sold! Without further ado...Dear Ms. Unfeasible, I am ... http://ktliterary.com/2010/02/ask-daphne-about-my-query-xxxxiii/ Since Kate and I began working together last spring, she has generously included me in the query process by allowing me to help her go through the queries she receives. After reading hundreds, even thousands, of them I find it fascinating how many trends surface and how they seem ... http://ktliterary.com/2010/02/guest-blog-by-intern-jenny-trends-and-more/ I never expected that writing a novel would change my life. I mean . . . okay. That's a lie. I totally did. I hoped that if I were ever lucky enough to reach publication, I could quit my day job and work full-time from home. In ... http://ktliterary.com/2010/02/guest-blog-by-stephanie-perkins-changing-a-life/ Greetings from the Black Hole of Editorial Revisions! For the first-time author, the path to publication can feel like you’ve been sucked into a black hole of unknowns after you write the words ‘The End’. You’ve written a novel, now what? There are certain milestones of which most ... http://ktliterary.com/2010/02/guest-blog-by-kiki-hamilton-the-black-hole-of-editorial-revisions/