Category: publishing
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Boost Your Writing With These Must-Know Literary Devices
Discover how imagery, metaphors, and other essential techniques bring your words to life. “I could never write like that.”“I’m just not a literary writer.” If I had a dollar for every time a friend, student, or fellow writer said something like this… well, I’d at least be able to buy myself a new notebook. This…
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What to Do When Your Draft Isn’t Working
A Writer’s Guide to Not Spiraling Every writer has a few moments in the drafting or revising process where they stop, stare at the manuscript, and think, Oh no. This is a disaster. You know the moments I’m talking about: your plot veers off in twelve directions, your characters are suddenly acting like they have…
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Querying Mistakes I Made (So You Don’t Have To)
We’ve all been there, right? The endless querying trenches, staring at your inbox like it might suddenly start producing miracles. In my last post, I talked about the things that helped me finally land my dream agent (after, ahem, a very long road). But if I’m being honest, that road was also paved with a…
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Big News! My Book is Being Published!
A Dream Years in the Making (and the Moment It Became Real) It’s a Dream Come True!I was in the middle of teaching when my watch buzzed and I saw the flash across the screen of the email. It was first offer on the book I had spent months (years!) working on. I temporarily forgot…
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How to Land a Literary Agent: Part Two
Tips and tricks to help you finally land your dream literary agent! Every writer has a few milestones that they dream about and celebrate along their journey. The first time you finish a novel. The first rejection or the first acceptance. The first time seeing your name in print. One of the most major milestones…
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I’m Officially Represented!
I landed a literary agent and am officially represented! Somebody pinch me—this is surreal. Crazy. Something I’ve only ever dream about. After querying my current novel for nearly a year, I am officially represented by Sara Shandler of The Book Group. It is an absolute dream come true, and I’m so excited for these next…
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“Light in the Dark” Published in Keys for Kids Magazine
My latest devotion is in Keys for Kids magazine! As a teacher for many years and a mom of four, I know my way around a children’s devotion or two. Often times, I can find them a bit didactic, or even, well… lame. Let’s be real, devotions in general can often fall into two categories:…
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Querying: What I’m Doing Differently the Second Time Around
The things I’m doing differently the second time I’m querying. I’m about to start another round of querying a new novel I’ve finished. I still have a few things to wrap up and work on before I start sending out queries and first pages, but I’m beginning to put together the different parts of a…
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