I’m working on the assumption that most of my current readers may not be the same ones who were reading me back when I first started this blog, but if any of you are long-time readers (and I mean LONG time), I apologize for the repeats. For the rest of you, here’s another 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Corinne writes to ask:
Could you maybe shed some light on why an agent might love a certain genre, but choose not to represent it?
For example, in your bio on the site, you say that you’re interested in urban fantasy and would love work by, say, Joss Whedon, but it’s not what you’re looking for as [...]
