Feb 15, 2023 | On Writing
Setting and meeting your goals for your life as a career author doesn’t have to be a SMART formula that smacks of the Human Resources Department. If SMART works for you, then great. But if such a linear, corporate approach leaves you cold (as it does me), here are...
Aug 24, 2022 | On Writing
Getting an agent can be a challenge. Given the sheer volume of queries agents receive—such largesse that many agents find it impossible to accept unsolicited queries—it’s not easy to make you and your project stand out. Here are some tips to help you to capture an...
Sep 29, 2020 | On Writing
One of the most common questions you can expect to hear when you pitch your work to agents and editors is this: What are your comps? Comps are comparable titles. That is, profitable books similar to yours that can help support the idea that your project can find an...
Sep 15, 2020 | On Writing
Everywhere I go I hear writers complain about the black hole that is every literary agent’s in-box—the slush pile—that dark and dangerous place where their queries and manuscripts go in, never to be seen again. Kind of like all those socks that go into the dryer,...
