An “Old” Question from the Archives

August 18th, 2010

I do hope you’re not getting tired of these glances back into the archives. I’ll admit, I post them with a bit of an ulterior motive — I’m gearing up for a week’s vacation (tomorrow is my last day in the office!), and with everything else I’m trying to get done before I close [...]

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Consultation Winner!

April 9th, 2010

Thanks to everyone who shared their teen writing. It was a lot of fun to read! As promised, I used random.org to pick one winner from the comments for a one-on-one phone consultation (not a pitch session!) with me, at a time to be mutually agreed upon. And the winner is…
Red Boot [...]

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Teen Writing — REVEALED!

April 6th, 2010

If you follow news about YA literature at all, every once in a while you’ll see articles or blogs about an actual teenager who did the seemingly impossible and signed a contract to publisher his or her teen writing. Now, I’ve talked in the past about John Scalzi’s advice for teenage writers, the key [...]

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Ask Daphne! How Much to Include?

May 28th, 2009

Another pause in our About My Query posts to answer a question from a blog reader. Also, for your information, these are the shoes I wore in high school. Anyway! Erin writes:
I am a high school junior, and I have been re-writing my most recent novel. I believe that it might be [...]

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Grrrr… Argh….

February 17th, 2009

You may have heard about Quirk Books‘ upcoming zombie retelling of Pride and Prejudice, but did you know Maureen Johnson did it first? GalleyCat has the story.

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