We’ve got a special treat for you here today at kt literary. Not one, but TWO About My Query posts! The first one comes from EB, who won a contest sponsored by Elana Johnson for a query critique by yours truly. So, EB’s letter is addressed to me and has some personalization [...]
Not just a speed round, let’s call this a lightning round, shall we? (in honor of these cool shoes.) I asked for questions on Twitter, and here’s some of the gems I received. If you keep asking, I may keep answering, but let’s start with what we have, mmmkay?
@Brattyhack writes: “My question [...]
Bizarre shoes for Ryan, who writes:
Hey, I don’t know what to do here. This guy is asking to see my MS, he has published six books, and says he runs the publishing company that published the books. His name is [Redacted], but…we’ll he’s not really an Agent, and I guess he’s sort of a publisher…his [...]
You may recall, I hope, how I blogged the other day about keeping my inbox neat by shuffling certain messages off to other folders, where they pop up as unread but with less anxiety than unread emails in my inbox. Questions to Ask Daphne are among those treated in this manner, but given the wave of recent emails I’ve had about my Twitter account, I’m finding it more difficult to get to your important questions. So, for the rest of the week, it’s all Ask Daphne, all the time! And as always, if you have a pressing question about the publishing business or anything remotely literary, send me an email. Now, on to the advice!
As you may recall, Rexroth (aka, my husband) is a writer, like so many of you. He comes from an indie culture background, and has strong and exciting opinions about the publishing world, on many topics. Just today, he shared a plethora of exciting links that I, for my part, are sharing with you. Because I think they’re pretty darn interesting, too.