Hello, readers! I feel like I know you all so much better after all your wonderful comments on Friday’s post. Let’s keep the conversation going, shall we? Today I want to show you a peek into my query inbox with a breakdown of genres and subgenres found within. This isn’t quite like a live blog, [...]
My friend @gooddirt shared an interesting article today discussing the age-old writer’s dilemma: which comes first when you’re writing, characters or plot? The post also shares five great tips on starting with either, and so I highly recommend giving it a read. But it got me wondering — do you think writers of certain genres [...]
Maureen Johnson brought my attention to a great post this morning on In The Library With The Lead Pipe by Gretchen Kolderup, a YA librarian, about everything that’s great about the category, and why people should read it. It’s a long post, but well worth your time. I just wanted to pull out some of [...]
So much for being back, huh? As I said, I’m taking it slowly. One thing I have been doing is reading lots of great manuscripts from my clients — the latest version of LOLA AND THE BOY NEXT DOOR by Stephanie Perkins, which Dutton will publish in September, THE NEW NORMAL by Trish Doller, which [...]
As Rexroth and I prepare to enter the cave of new parenthood, I thought it was getting a little quiet here on ye olde blog, so I’m digging through the archives to find some of my favorite posts from years past. Enjoy! GrammarGirl writes: I have this “friend,” see. Her kind and warm agent found [...]
