How I Got My Book Deal
None of the rejection matters now. ​ …
None of the rejection matters now. ​ …
Man, I am tired of researching. How about you? Agents, agencies, publishers, comp titles, honing and personalizing that all important query letter. I am tired. My energy for it, well,
Lived a dream for six weeks. The dream is on pause today. Today I got up at 4:30 am, packed my lunch, had a protein shake, filled the thermos, put
I just sent out another query for my middle-grade manuscript. I was flying through the usual parts. Even the agent research didn’t take long. Theoretically, it would be a good
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Maybe it is delusional, a crazy belief that I wrote a good book, one worth sharing. It might be, but I’m working for that manuscript to be published traditionally. I
Queries happen in times that I set aside my busy work week. Well, all that has changed. It takes me hours to send a query. I don’t blanket query agents.
As writers working toward becoming published, we need to do specific tasks. Some are less fun than others. It’s exciting to finish your novel. It’s daunting to take the next
You know it’s perfect. Double-checked, triple-checked, revised, and reviewed. Free of errors and ready to send, you take one final look at your query. It is perfect. You hit send,
Slivers, like a piece of birthday cake, thinly sliced, is doled out as I hit the button with the word submit. That thin, almost nothing, the slice, a morsel of