This is from our Query Letter Boot Camp by Angie Hodapp. Here are 8 Tips for writing a query letter: Shorter query letters tend to get better responses than long […]
JES Hays
JES Hays is the author of the Devon Day and the Sweetwater Kid stories: Down the Owlhoot Trail and the upcoming Outlaw Security.
Goodreads for Authors
This is something I’ve been doing the past couple of days, since we had a workshop on the subject at the Women Writing the West Conference. If you’ve published anything, […]
Women Writing the West Conference
Yesterday was the last day of the Women Writing the West Conference. This was a great little conference — lots to do and plenty of classes for every type of […]
Under Western Stars Paperback!
The anthology is out in paperback now — proceeds go to support the Western Fictioneers so we don’t have to pay so much for our conferences and such — we’ve […]
Women Writing the West
Next week is another writing conference — Women Writing the West’s Climbing Higher: Endless Vistas, Unlimited Vision. This looks like a very useful conference — not quite as much to […]
Awards & Contests
The anthology is live now — there’s a little snafu with the paperback version but they’re working on it so that should be available soon. I’m entering “A Little Night […]
Under Western Stars – Preorder!
You can pre-order a copy of our new anthology Under Western Stars on Amazon. It’ll be out as an e-book and a paperback on October 1.
Query Letters
So my query letter got chosen out of the slush pile for Jericho Writers Slushpile Evaluation session next week – w00t! I’ll be learning whether my query letter is effective […]
Free Virtual Conference
The Colorado Writers’ Collective is hosting a free virtual conference over on YouTube – head on over and look them up! I’ve enjoyed all of the virtual conferences I’ve attended […]
Proofs Are Out
Got the proofs back for Under the Western Sky. Why do you always catch those repeated words and phrases when you get those back, instead of when you do your […]