Sunshine Blogger Awards!
Don Lorah asked me a few questions for the “Sunshine Blogger Award”. Per Don’s Blog Post: The Sunshine Blogger Award is a “get to know the writer better” type of blogging exercise, with a couple of rules attached: …
Query Retooling – William Alan Webb
When it comes to querying, we seem to think that a single professional overview is all it takes to spiff up our query letter. And by winning contests, my Twitter friend William Alan Webb earned two professional …
Pitch to Pub Feedback: 7 Tips on Writing Great First Pages
First pages are the WORST. I, and many others not up to par in Pitch to Publication this year, relearned this hard fact as we scoured this year’s #p2p16 and #tenqueries Twitter feeds. However, the gracious P2P editors have not left …
Chicago Writer’s Conference: The Four-Month-Later Effects
I attended CWC 2015 directly following my resignation from a stressful office position. My prospects were bright, and I left CWC 2015 with nothing but a dazzling future—both as an author, and as an employed …