Tag: querying
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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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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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How to Land Your Literary Agent: Part One
Tips and tricks to help you finally land your dream literary agent! We all dream of the moment and what it will be like. After months or maybe (in my case) years of querying, you finally get that fateful call or email from a literary agent: They want to talk about representation! But for so…
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How to Find a Literary Agent
Five places to help you find your perfect literary agent! So you wrote a book. Amazing! Kudos friend, because that is not an easy thing to do! But what’s next? For many writers, myself included, traditional publishing is the goal. You want to see you beautiful book baby in your hands, in bookstores, and enjoyed…
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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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How to Set Writing Goals
How to set goals that move your toward your writing dream. It’s the time of year when people make resolutions or set goals. I have to be honest, I used to not care at all about the New Year and scoffed at resolutions. But as I’ve gotten older, I find the reflection of the past…
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Project 100: A Year in Review
My review on the year of Project 100 Last January, I set a goal for myself. I set a number of goals, actually, but I specifically set the goal of getting 100 rejections for 2021. It was a lofty goal and sounded kind of crazy, but I had my reasons. I might have been overly…
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