Pitch Contests: An Agent’s Perspective

By Jennie Goloboy I get asked to visit online pitch contests all the time, and in general, I’m happy to do it. From my perspective, it’s…

Robocop vs. The Bad Guy

By Jennie Goloboy When I was in high school, I watched the first Robocop, and it hit me so hard that I walked around like a…

By Jennie Goloboy I recently had the chance to chat with Maximus Groves from Comcastro, and I lamented that despite the success of Guardians of the…

By Jennie Goloboy When I open a query letter, I am looking for one critical thing: what is this manuscript about? So the worst possible thing…

Some of you may know that I’m a writer as well as an agent– I’ve published both fiction and non-fiction, and am about a month away…

We’re excited to announce that Jennie is now going to be sharing regular posts in our series Letters from the Love Seat. This is our first…

By Jennie Goloboy I can’t say this often enough—you really should be a member of a writer’s workshop. Not only will you get a sense of what…

By Jennie Goloboy Love triangles are an old idea—so how do you make sure that your version of a love triangle is engaging to your readers? 1.…

By Jennie Goloboy I’m going to tell you something that may surprise you: I’m not a robot. I’ll sit here for a moment while you get…

By Jennie Goloboy Let’s say you’ve written the entire novel. Now it’s time to go back and fix the opening! But what should the opening sentences…