Letters from the Loveseat – Query Letter Minutiae
By Jennie Goloboy Sometimes authors worry they’re doing something minor and avoidable in their query letters that may cause me to reject them. So for the…
By Jennie Goloboy Sometimes authors worry they’re doing something minor and avoidable in their query letters that may cause me to reject them. So for the…
By Jennie Goloboy There’s one scene in Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead that I’ve never been able to forget– even though I read it in high school–…
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…
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.…