NaNoWriMo Day #13: Don’t Just Say No
by Sue Burke Rejections and fun don’t mix – except this one time. I wrote a horror story about vampires and started sending it out. The…
NaNoWriMo Day #12 – Perseverance is Part of the Experience
By Dan Koboldt Perseverance is probably the most important factor in building a successful writing career. NaNoWriMo offers a telling example of this. Thousands of people…
NaNoWriMo Day #11 – Seeing the Light of Day
By Jilly Gagnon I started writing in earnest during my senior year in college. I’d take my Moleskine to the coffee shop on free afternoons, buy…
The Swamps of Creation with Dawn Frederick Part 2
Freeways and Dead Ends As the wading continues through this week’s Swamps of Creation, the next item of consideration is the benefits of workshopping your book,…
The Swamps of Creation with Jennie Goloboy Part 1
Today I’d like to talk about what sort of writing resume I’m looking for in a query letter, and specifically about short story credits. In On…
The Swamps of Creation with Dawn Frederick Part 1
Keeping Persistence As we wade into the swamps of creation, it’s necessary to have one’s floaties on. This is to ensure that the path to…
The Stormy Seas of Ill-Concieved Querying with Laura Zats Part 2
The Kiss of Death: Vague Edition 350 words to explain me and my book and also be awesome? How in the heck am I supposed to…
The Stormy Seas of Ill-Concieved Querying with Jennie Goloboy Part 2
The Email Attachment Quandary Today I want to talk about one of my pet peeves: unrequested attachments. I have received several query letters that consist of…
The Stormy Seas of Ill-Conceived Querying with Dawn Frederick Part 2
Desperation As we further discuss the query process this week, even the best intentioned query can reflect the worst of all scenarios: desperation. This happens when…
Stormy Seas of Ill-conceived Querying with Laura Zats Part 1
The Kiss of Death: Personalization Edition There are a million different sites online dedicated to helping unagented authors find that special (bookish) someone. Pretty much every…
