November 12, 2020
The true story of how I got my book deal, with a few warts and all.
Category: The Publishing Quest
Curious about my path to trade publication? Everything you never wanted to know and more can be found in slightly overwhelming detail in these blog posts!
June 10, 2019
So much of an aspiring author’s time (at least, for those aspiring towards trade publication) is taken up with querying. I can understand this, having been in the querying trenches last year (and the year before that). Doors open with agents, you might say, meaning it’s natural to focus on such a big goal. Querying…
August 28, 2018
Let’s start with a caveat: I’m not the kind of person who grew up wanting to be a writer because I sort of figured out at the age of 11 or 12 that writing was a Bad Idea. Everybody wanted to do it, most people sucked, and the few who didn’t suck barely made any money. Before writing could ever be a goal or aspiration, I had already consigned the idea of writing to the metaphorical bin.