I’m reading an interesting little booklet by Kevin J. Anderson, entitled Slushpile Memories: How NOT to Get Rejected. I’m hoping it will give me some solid suggestions to improve my […]
Tips and Tricks
Stuff I’ve learned over the years
Quills Conference Part 2
Another good session at the Quills Conference was “Short Story Prep & Submission” by President-Elect John M. Olsen. Polishing Your Text – when it comes to writing tools to polish […]
Historical Novel Society Conference Part 6
This might be the last of the conference reports! Today I’ll go over “The A to Z of Your Indie Author Business” by Anna Castle. First of all, you need […]
Historical Novel Society Conference
I didn’t actually get to “attend” this virtual event in person, as the sessions were mostly while I was at work, but I’m rewatching the highlights on the website and […]
Query Letter Elements
So what exactly should be in your query letter? In Angie Hodapp’s Query Letter Boot Camp, we talked about the three (or four) parts of a query letter: (Polite) Greeting: […]
Query Letter Tips
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 […]
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 […]
Pitching Tips & Tricks
If you’re thinking of pitching your book anytime soon, like my pal EJ Murray, you’re going to need to learn a few things first. Here are my best tips & […]
Does Writer’s Block Exist?
If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a zillion times: “I can’t write — I have writer’s block!” The question I pose to you is: does writer’s block even […]
Find a Literary Agent
I’m getting close to finishing the new novel, so I’m thinking about literary agents. Here are some tips and tricks to help you find an agent if you need one. […]