I’ve been working on getting caught up on my queries lately, and last night, came across several queries that read, to me, almost exactly like the plot of other books I’d read. Now, sure, that can happen naturally, as authors tune into a zeitgeist, just as Hollywood may prep two Snow White movies at [...]
Daphne said to me, “It’s Saturday! But I’m posting anyway. Why? Because I’m freaking awesome, and it’s the only way I’ll get through Twelve Days of Christmas in two weeks.”
Gucci shoes — or are they knockoffs? — for Jenny today, who writes, “I’m an unpublished author with a novel almost polished enough to query. Today I stumbled upon a best-selling author’s blurb for her next novel due out at the end of the year. It’s eerily similar to the premise of mine. Since this author is a best-seller and I’m a nobody, will this hurt my chances of publication?”
