Tag Lines

February 9th, 2010

We talk a lot about query letters here, and (I hope) provide a useful service for people to improve their letters. But as I looked at various queries in my email inbox today, I thought about how important a one-sentence pitch truly is. Call them “hooks” or “tag lines” or what have you, [...]

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When it rains, it pours

September 14th, 2009

Another brilliant sale for a talented kt literary author!
Carrie Harris’ debut novel NO PAIN, NO BRAIN, in which science nerd Kate Grable must cure a zombie outbreak in her high school before she and her homecoming date join the ranks of the walking dead, to Wendy Loggia at Delacorte Press, in a nice deal, by [...]

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Vamp Flash Fiction

May 5th, 2009

For some reason, an image search for “Nosferatu the Vampire” comes up with a frighteningly (or amusingly) vast selection of images of Barbie dolls made up like vamps. So I figured — let’s go with it! I think this picture is somewhat fitting, as you’ll see, to go along with kt literary client [...]

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Linkapalooza

August 26th, 2008

Not feeling at my best today, I’m afraid, but there’s still a lot of great stuff out there on the interwebs to read. Such as…

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