You could wait til Monday’s print edition of Publishers Weekly, or you can join me now in celebrating a review of Julia Karr‘s debut XVI which says: “Gender politics and sexual awareness play prominent roles in Karr’s thoughtprovoking dystopian debut. A solid, enjoyable story.” PW also says “Karr’s story has much to say about the [...]
Starting tomorrow, Julia Karr is kicking off a 16-week promotion/countdown for the release of her debut YA novel, XVI. From the blurb: The Hunger Games meets The Handmaid’s Tale in this debut novel set in a dystopian future. Nina Oberon’s life is pretty normal: she hangs out with her best friend, Sandy, and their crew, [...]
If you follow Julia Karr on Facebook, Twitter, or one of her fabulous blogs — her LiveJournal, the group blog of the Elevensies, or the fabulous dystopian group blog that is the League of Extraordinary Writers, you may have already seen her news, but I’ll shout it out here, too, just for good measure. We [...]
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 what have you, they’re the [...]
Merry Christmas, everyone! In honor of the holiday, I thought I’d do something a little different with today’s About My Query post. (What, you thought I’d slack off today? Pshaw!) I want to share with you something that worked — a query that piqued my interest, got me to request the manuscript, and then, eventually, [...]
