You’ve met your NaNoWriMo goal! Good for you! I know how hard you’ve worked to crank out your first draft. If this is your first novel, I bet you feel giddy. Drunk with excitement. You’ve just created the next LORD OF THE RINGS! The next HUNGER GAMES! You must get this published ASAP. STOP. Before […]
My agency-mate Roni Loren is having a contest! You can win a free query critique or first five pages critique! Roni recently got a sexy two-book deal, so you can congratulate her when you sign up to win a critique. I, of course, with my infinite mooching capabilities, have decided to hitch onto Roni’s contest […]
I’m so excited to announce my young adult novel SCORE will be published by Sourcebooks in December 2011! Here’s the Publishers Marketplace blurb: And now, I’m going to give an Academy Award-esque speech via blog. *Ahem* I don’t even know where to start, except to say thank you to Agent Sara for pulling me out of […]
WARNING: This post is not for the faint of heart (cliché!). A first draft is a GREAT achievement. After you’ve finished, you definitely deserve a pitcher of margaritas or a giant ice cream cake or tickets to an NFL game or whatever makes you super happy. But it’s definitely not the end. It’s only the […]
I apologize in advance for this EPIC of a blog post. A while back, I was told my writing “read too young.” I tried to brush it off, but I couldn’t figure it out. I often have scenes featuring “adult” topics: death, sex, drinking, college, etc. But then I have scenes where my characters roll […]
Recently I participated in an online chat about queries. Everyone was throwing their ideas out, so I decided to give some opinions, based on what worked for me. First, some stats. I sent out 17 query letters. Based on my letter and sample pages, I received 9 requests for a full. Also, I broke just […]