I don’t actually have five, but I do have one ring. But not The One Ring, I promise. It’s The Faerie Ring by Kiki Hamilton. The year is 1871, and Tiki has been making a home for herself and her family of orphans in a deserted hideaway adjoining Charing Cross […]
The Faerie Ring
Whooooooo! As you may have heard, it’s been a whirlwind week of great books being released. I’m so sorry I wasn’t able to celebrate each title individually on their own Book birthdays, but I hope I’ll make up for it with a massive round-up of awesomeness. Let’s hit it! Some […]
I had another blog post I wanted to write this morning, but then the day intruded (as it does), and I forgot what I thought was so important to blog about. So instead, something else that’s important! Namely, a great PW review of The Faerie Ring by Kiki Hamilton! Voila: […]
September is such an exciting month around here, with the forthcoming releases of The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson, Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins, AND The Faerie Ring by Kiki Hamilton! I hope you don’t mind if I continue to share some of the […]
It’s a great week for reviews! Kirkus also has posted their review of The Faerie Ring by Kiki Hamilton, and though it’s behind a subscription wall for now, here’s a sneak peak: In 1871 London, a ragged girl pickpocket steals a ring that enforces a truce between the British Crown […]
My client Kiki Hamilton, author of the upcoming urban fantasy The Faerie Ring, just posted five random (well, she called them sekrit) facts about herself. And in a very Carrie Bradshaw way, it got me thinking, How much do you really know about me? Well, quite a bit, conceivably, if […]
I had great intentions this year to post quarterly status reports on my query stats, but I seem to have missed a quarter (here’s April and July, at least). A quick recap: in the first three months of 2010, I saw 1,297 queries and requested 20 partials, passing on all […]
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 […]
We talk a lot about query letters here, and (I hope) provide a useful service for people to improve their letters. But as I looked at various queries in my email inbox today, I thought about how important a one-sentence pitch truly is. Call them “hooks” or “tag lines” or […]