Basic Pitches
We're all stuck at home with withering social skills and a desperate craving for human interaction so my friend Anna and I are…
Author: ekthiede
TLF Character Art!
Check out the very first character art for The Last Finestra, created by an incredible young artist who brought my fictional babies to…
PitchWars Feedback
Hello, friends. It has been an incredible honor to spend the last month swimming through a vast sea of PitchWars submissions. I am…
Character Agency: Who’s Driving this Thing?
(Note: I just realized this post has been sitting in my drafts folder since September, so that's why I'm posting it today!) My…
The Last Finestra! But in GERMAN!
The Last Finestra and its sequel are going to be published in Germany! LYX bought the German translation rights at auction!, and I'm…
So, you got an edit letter. Now what?
With PitchWars gearing up (and my final edits due soon! Eeep!) it's a great time to talk about edit letters--what they are, how…
PitchWars 2020
Mentor Bio That's right, I'm a PitchWars mentor! Wishlists to come, but for now, you can follow the #PitchWars hashtag and @PitchWars accounts…
On Luck and Timing
In early September 2019 I was completing revisions and bracing myself to query a new manuscript for the third time. I was anxious…
THE LAST FINESTRA is on GoodReads!
Click below to add my debut fantasy, The Last Finestra, on GoodReads!