I’ve considered doing book reviews in the past, but I don’t have the heart to negatively review anyone else’s work, so instead I’m just going to tell you about some of the books I really like, and some of the many I am excited to read soon! Here are a few of the (YA) books…
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What a Month
It just occurred to me that one month ago, I had NEVER queried or pitched a book, and since then I’ve done nothing BUT pitch and query my book. And occasionally sleep. Occasionally. I didn’t dip a toe into the water of querying-PitchWars threw me off the dock into the deep end. And while it’s…
Space
PitchWars 2017 has come to a close, NaNoWriMo wrapped up a few days ago, and many agents are closing their submissions inboxes until January. For me, this means a bit of blessed silence. I’m not sending out any more queries until January and I’m putting my NaNoWriMo draft away for a few weeks to mentally…
Throwing Darts, Blindfolded
Alternate title: What I learned from entering a bunch of mentorship contests. Hey writer people. I know it’s been another tumultuous week in the world of aspiring writers, with the most recent round of Author Mentor Match mentees announced yesterday. First, congratulations to all the writers chosen! I hope this is the beginning of an…
Writing for Change
I’ve been playing catch-up over the past week. As usual, I’m spending my birthday month participating in NaNoWriMo, trying to churn out 50,000 words in 30 days. I fell behind during the PitchWars agent round- can you blame me?- but I’m clawing my way back. To motivate myself, I’ve joined a challenge called The Mighty…
How does this work, exactly?
This post is for people who are writer-adjacent, the friends and family of writers (hi, friends and family!) or for people who are new to writing and still trying to figure out how this whole process works. So, for my experienced query-warriors, you may mosey on past this post if you’d like to. With the…
Agent Round: Day 1
Hey friends! Much love to all of you who have been checking in and cheering me on today. PitchWars is like querying in hyperdrive but things still take time, so as much as I’d love to give you a final verdict on my PitchWars experience, that isn’t how this process works, alas. Day One has…
On the Cusp
It’s hard to describe my jumble of emotions leading up to the agent showcase for PitchWars. The most apt comparison I can come up with goes something like this: Imagine you’re a senior in high school and it’s a week before prom. You spot your crush walking across the cafeteria right toward you. He may…
And it’s done
My PitchWars entry is officially submitted! Meanwhile, my full manuscript is in the hands of my favorite editor (my mom) for proofreading, which means I…. have nothing to do. I should just relax. But I’m not good at that. Next week I’ll start NaNoWriMo (yes, husband, “again.”) with my YA fantasy dragon book which has…
The Time I Got it Right… by Accident
Alternate title: When the stuff you made up is actually real. The strangest thing about writing fiction is the odd suspicion that I’m not the one coming up with the ideas. When they drop into my head and thousands of synapses light up the creative portions of my brain, it feels more like magic than…