The time is here. As of the date and time of this posting (if I manage to get it timed correctly), we will be closed to queries for the summer. We’ll reopen in September after Labor Day. Any queries received during this time will be automatically deleted unread. I look […]
Monthly Archives: May 2012
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I will be closing to queries for the summer as of midnight on Friday, May 25th. Any queries received after midnight (Mountain time) on Friday will be deleted unread. If I can figure out how, I will set up an auto-response. Otherwise, this note and a revised submissions page will […]
There’s a phrase that’s common in the tv world, describing that nether-world between when a series has been cancelled or renewed: On the bubble. I thought of it last night watching the season finale of Community, which I love (six seasons and a movie!), but which I couldn’t help but […]
I’m still going through recent queries — I’ve responded to everything before April 21st, and most queries before May 7th — but for those of you that may still be revising, or polishing your material, I wanted to send out an early notice that I will be closing to queries […]
Reposting from Tumblr, because it’s worth it. “A little boy… sent me a charming card with a little drawing. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters — sometimes very hastily — but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of […]
On Twitter yesterday, Penguin executive editor Anne Sowards posted “An offer I made was turned down. Everybody gets rejected.” And it’s worth reiterating — rejection isn’t just something that happens to authors. Rejection happens to agents, when we fall in love with a manuscript only to find the author already […]