Got Your Pitch? Here’s a Contest!

If you think you’ve mastered both the art of one paragraph pitch AND hooked your reader within the first paragraph of your masterpiece, QueryTracker.net has announced a contest to help you check your work. The contest will be judged by Jason Yarn at the Paradigm...

Who Hasn’t Been There?

The step of physically sending out your query or manuscript is daunting. An envelope and some stamps should be easy, right? You’ve been careful to avoid using a crazy font, scented paper, or anything we’ve read about a hundreds times over....

Conferencing to Sell Your Manuscript

Especially if you have a manuscript ready for publication, going to trade conferences like SCBWI and Backspace is something to consider seriously. At a good conference, you can get inspired and educated and humbled by the talent around you,...
Writing a Synopsis — An Easier Approach

Writing a Synopsis — An Easier Approach

As writers, we focus naturally on the query letter as the bane of our existence. It is so hard to write a good one. But what happens when you get that right and, gulp, an agent suddenly asks you for a synopsis to go along with your full? In my case, I thought I was in...