This is my first post here, and I want to lead with something I feel very strongly about: Your first draft does not suck. How many times...

I'm deep into the querying process, and if you are too, I see you. Sara Leternou, a poet and editor, recently published a piece on rejection here . She shared some of my advice in that piece, and I wanted to expand a little on those thoughts. If you're querying, you're likely using Query Tracker (QT) to contact some of the agents you're interested in. Don't get me wrong. QT is a great tool, a cool database, but it can also strain your mental state. Case in point below: Not a

A few years ago I was on a plane, flying home with my family after a vacation in upstate New York and Manhattan. It was the best vacation, filled with lots of road-tripping, museums, lazy days by the lake, and relatives we hadn't seen in a while. I'd recently finished revisions on a novel I'd been working on, and had set it aside for a few weeks after completing some revisions suggested by an agent who'd expressed interest in the book. I was excited to read it on the plane af

I came across a post the other day from a writer who wanted to know if they were too old to start writing a book, something that they had...

Notice the title of this is not how to  write  a query letter. There are already so many helpful resources out there, which I’ve outlined...

Since I'm in the midst of querying, I thought it might be helpful to share a list of resources for writers who are starting to think...

In spring 2024, I participated in the online auction, KidLit4Ceasefire, which was created to help the kidlit and publishing community...

It happens. I wish this were a post about the picture above, which is a car stuck in snow. Because it can feel a lot easier to get...