Guest Blog by Kiki Hamilton: The Black Hole of Editorial Revisions

February 23rd, 2010

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 writers are aware as they [...]

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Ask Daphne! About my multiple submissions

October 6th, 2009

Super fly shoes for Superfly, who’s sent us the following question:
I write middle grade novels and also have written and illustrated a picture book. I have sent queries out to agents for both projects at different times and had some interest. I have a few fulls and partials out for my middle grade [...]

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Ask Daphne! Revising to resubmit

April 24th, 2009

Stina shares a question from the Absolute Write forums:
If an agent rejects a partial or a full and gives you a reason why, and then you not only fix that problem (with the intent of moving on), but also several other issues the agent didn’t mention but their existence seriously weakened the writing, is it [...]

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I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Revise

February 18th, 2009

T.S. Ferguson, an editor at Little Brown Books for Young Readers, has a great post up on his blog about the correlation between finding an editor, and finding a boy/girlfriend. As an agent looking at a ton of queries (more on that soon — I’m trying to come up with some numbers for you!), there’s a lot I agree with.

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Ask Daphne! Speed Round

February 4th, 2009

An adorable pair of walking shoes for today’s SPEED ROUND! No delays, let’s just get right to it!

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