I am just finishing up reading tons of query letters from an open submission period at work. While there’s no one formula for how to write the perfect query letter, there are a few things you can do to stand out in a good way. The whole querying process is, frankly, brutal. For authors, it’s so hard to make that
Hey hey, it’s the first day of May (happy Beltane to those of you who celebrate it), and it’s WIP Wednesday! I do have a bunch of new blog subscribers (welcome!) so let me explain that WIP Wednesday is the first Wednesday of every month, when I share an excerpt of a work in progress and anyone else who’s writing
I’ve been lucky enough to get a lot of youthful readers, of all biological ages, filled with hope and dreams. Many of you seem younger than you are. I think some of you figured out how to be young again…and I suspect some of you are going to be young forever! So as I begin to write this post, I
Happy Earth Day! I have a giveaway to celebrate at the end of this post. Earth Day is a great reminder to be more eco-conscious. Most of us want to make more “green” or environmental choices, and we want to know how to be more earth-friendly. However, it can be easy to get overwhelmed. [AdSense-B] For me, it
When I made my to-do list yesterday morning, I wrote down “blog about Paris trip.” I expected it to be a quick, lighthearted post about our vacation. Lighthearted, because so many people have already been to Paris, a city that seems to be the result of a centuries-long effort to create as many beautiful things as possible. What would I
Hi friends! How’s everyone doing? Good, I hope! WIP Wednesday is when we share excerpts of work in process. If you don’t have an excerpt you want to share right now, we’d still love to hear from you about how things are going (or not going) with your writing! We usually do this on first Wednesday of the month, but
A lot of writers struggle with describing settings. I’ve written before about how to describe settings and why it matters, but a few people have told me they’d like me to do some of my master lists for writers to help them out! I have a weird love for creating lists like this, so I’m happy to do it. “How