Question for my readers: what do you look for when you come visit ye olde blog here? In other words — what are you favorite things to read here on Ask Daphne? Query critiques? Answers to your publishing questions? News about my authors and clients? Random posts about whatever I’m […]
Monthly Archives: September 2010
18 posts
A few days ago (ok, it was longer than that, but I’m being generous with myself), I asked for a little help from my readers, in the form of your office/work spaces. I was looking for inspiration for the idea of possibly moving my own home office. And, well, it […]
I often get questions at conferences or on Twitter about resending a query to an agent. “What if,” the author asks, “I’ve made drastic changes and it’s practically a different project now?” Well, it depends. Did you turn your contemporary YA into a paranormal MG? That’s different. Otherwise, I think […]
For the first official AMQ post of fall, I just had to feature a great pair of boots, and these certainly fit the bill. (And can be yours, too!) Plus, they’re a little super-hero-y, don’t you think? Which ties in nicely with today’s query: Dear Ms. Testerman, Andrew, Cali, Sam, […]
I taught two Nia classes today, ran a few errands, and managed to get an exciting new project out to a fabulous list of prospective editors. What I didn’t do was write a fabulous blog post, and since I’ve already fallen down on the job once this week, I can’t […]
Brilliant, brilliant, BRILLIANT post by Maureen Johnson that you must read, if you haven’t already. And when you’ve done that, dive into the amazing comments for even more conversation about this topic. Truly worth your time. A taste: So, we’re thinking about boys and girls and what they read. The […]
I know you like these, and I’ve got a truly terrifying backlog of queries to respond to, so I’m going to be going through them all day today and posting my brief comments as much as possible. As always, I try to keep the actual queries as anonymous as possible, […]
Something about masquerade balls always screams feathers to me, and these Patrick Cox heels fit right in with that. Not that I’d want to fall off a cliff in them. To see what I’m talking about, read on for P.S.’s query: Dear Ms. Unfeasible, A statue chased Angela-Courtney off a […]
I’m so So SO excited and pleased to share this news for kt literary client Trish Doller: Trish Doller’s THE NEW NORMAL, about a young Marine home from Afghanistan, dealing with PTSD and trying to find his place in a life that no longer fits, to Michelle Nagler at Bloomsbury, […]