Aug 3, 2021 | On Writing
We all have our heroes. Lin-Manuel Miranda is one of mine. In case you’ve been living in a cave, Miranda is the Pulitzer Prize, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award-winning creator and original star of HAMILTON: The Musical and IN THE HEIGHTS. So when I heard that he was...
Sep 7, 2020 | On Writing
The Elevator Pitch is that fabled 1-minute pitch you can rattle off whenever you find yourself in the company of someone who can help you publish your book: an editor, an agent, a published writer, etc. Whether you’re at a pitch slam or a hotel bar or in an actual...
Jul 8, 2020 | On Writing
Writers are often obsessed with the lives of other writers, the more acclaimed, the better. I’m no exception and for the same reason I read all those The Paris Review interviews with writers and listen to all those NPR stories about writers—to glean some insight, some...
Aug 5, 2019 | On Writing
If you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish. If you want to get an agent, you have to think like an agent. That is, think like moi. (Even better, think like Janet Reid.) Move me. Like editors and publishers and readers, I’m looking for wonderful stories...
May 7, 2018 | On Writing
It’s writers conference season—and that means once again I’ll find myself sitting in hotel ballrooms with dozens of my fellow and sister agents listening to debut authors pitch their work. And once again I’ll hear my fellow and sister agents ask that most critical of...
