By God’s blessing I have an agent who is going to pitch my book to a couple of publishing houses (small ones, because you have to start somewhere), but this kind of stuff doesn’t happen overnight, and I have been on a long winding road to this point in my writing career. I decided toContinue reading “Landing An Agent: The Steps Taken”
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The Next Big Thing: What I’m Doing Next
Olivia Boler over at Oliviaboler.com invited me to be a part of a blog chain that introduces the premise of my latest work while promoting her blog and five other blogs of writers like myself. I have posted the blogs of these writers after my little Q&A session, and hope that you will go overContinue reading “The Next Big Thing: What I’m Doing Next”
6 Thoughts on Sending Query Letters
Today I wrote up a query letter as a proposal for This Broken Earth, and sent it to about 40 different literary agents to test the waters about the book and hopefully get one of those fish to bite. I neglected to realize that most of them would be out for the holidays, and soContinue reading “6 Thoughts on Sending Query Letters”
Stress and the Part Time Writer
I write novels as a part time gig. I do not have any illusions. I know I don’t have time to do all the promotion I need to do, so this blog, my Facebook page and my Twitter account are about the extent of my marketing strategy. I have several jobs: 1. I teach fullContinue reading “Stress and the Part Time Writer”
Work In Progress Challenge
I was tagged recently by Julie Catherine over at her blog, and for this I am grateful. As per the instructions, what writers have to do is then discuss their work in progress (WIP) in the form of some interview questions. Here goes: What is the title of your WIP? It is titled This BrokenContinue reading “Work In Progress Challenge”
Writing Is Hard Work 