The Hopefuls Day 3: Deep, Dark Fears

Hi, guys. It’s me again. Big thanks to our guest blogger yesterday who was very helpful and awesomely candid. Today, is day three, and in the spirit of true Support Groupage, I’m airing all my deepest, darkest agented-authorly fears. So, try not to laugh. I’m taking a breath. Okay…here I go:

After I signed with my [...]

The Hopefuls Day 2: False Start (Guest Post)

Chandler asked me to write briefly on my sordid tale of finding an agent and then needing another one. So, I’ll do that. Write, briefly, I mean. Because it’s not the most uplifting story, but I do think it’s one worth telling and worth hearing. I apologize for not taking my figurative clothes off and [...]

Hi! Bye!

 
Ok, fastest blog update ever. I’ve missed blogging the last few days. Really, I have! But I’m in the home stretch. My first law school final is Friday. *eek!* So I’m trying to focus.
Honestly, I can’t tell you how excited I am for this summer due to the fact that I’ll be able to get [...]

The Pre-Owned Story Dealership: “Better than new”

Today some words of wisdom courtesy of SCBWI Dallas Agent/Editor Day. This was a bit of insight from Editor Molly O’Neill. Although I’m sure she put it much more eloquently, Molly touched on the fact that it’s not about finding a unique idea, it’s about finding an new perspective for an old one. 
People have been [...]

Agent/Editor Day: Reasons for Optimism?

First a disclaimer: These tidbits I’m about to share from SCBWI Dallas Agent/Editor Day are not intended replicate verbatim what Molly or Jennifer said. Rather I’m sharing the kernels followed by my thoughts for discussion. Sound good? Great. 
 
I’m beginning on the Agent side of things today with insight from Jennifer Rofe, literary agent at Andrea [...]

Agents and Editors Crave Fabulosity

So I wanted to give y’all a heads up that I’ll be talking about what I learned at SCBWI Agent/Editor Day in Dallas all week. I went this past Saturday and got a ton of great information that I hope you will find helpful. The two speakers were Agent Jennifer Rofe of Andrea Brown an [...]

One Agent. Hold the Angst

I think most writers emerge into the world angsty. We just do. Can’t help it. Maybe there is just so much rejection in this biz that the angst and uncertainty is embedded in our DNA somewhere. I don’t know, but someday the Authors Guild should pay a scientist to figure it out, so that we [...]

2009 Debutante Author Interview Series: C. Lee McKenzie

It’s not a heart-grabbing noise like when somebody jiggles the doorknob to see if it’s locked. It’s not a bitter smell like the electrical short we had last month, when all the breakers popped. No. It’s something in the air, something like a ghost making its way through the room. And it can’t be Monster, [...]

2009 Debutante Author Interview Series: Erin Dionne

Thirteen-year-old Celeste Harris is no string bean, but comfy sweatpants and a daily chocolate cookie suit her just fine. Her under-the-radar lifestyle could have continued too, if her aunt hadn’t entered her in the HuskyPeach Modeling Challenge. To get out of it, she’s forced to launch Operation Skinny Celeste—because, after all, a thin girl can’t [...]

2009 Debuntante Author Interview Series: Cindy Pon

While this is the 2009 Debutante Interview Series, I’m pretty sure this week’s deb would get kicked out of the ball on account of her incessant bootay shakin’. Yes, it’s Cindy Pon (aka Xiaotien) and she’s here to chat with us about her journey from waging query warfare to her three book deal with Greenwillow. Her first [...]