Welcome to this weeks Writing Tip Wednesday. Today I am talking about getting to know the agents you want to query by following them on social media. I am hoping to start querying mid year at the latest so I have already begun compiling a list of agents I want to query. And thanks to … More Writing Tip Wednesday: Follow Agents On Social Media.
I’ve always known how important the query letter is, what I didn’t know was the extent in which they are used until I read this interesting post by Jordan Hamessley London (Editor at Egmont USA) over at Pub(lishing) Crawl. According to Jordan, once you sign with an agent your query letter never dies. She says … More Writing Tip Wednesday: Life of a Query Letter.
Hi everyone, how are you all? Lots of things have been happening in the past fortnight writing wise that I would love to share with you. The lovely Julie Israel and I swapped query letter synopsis’. She did a wonderful critique which really helped me a lot. She has a great blog and if you … More A Writerly Update 4.
Hi everyone, how are you all? My writing has kept me busy over the past fortnight, and for anyone interested, here’s what I’ve been up to: I am almost half way through the final draft of the first book in my YA epic fantasy trilogy. I thought I had already done the final draft and … More A Writerly Update 3.
So I told you that I entered my manuscript to the Ampersand Project – an initiative by Hardie Grant Egmont Australia where they except submissions from unpublished YA authors during spring/summer. I just found out that my manuscript was rejected, which sucks. I was really hoping they would want it, though I kind of knew … More A Writerly Update.
Rochelle L. Sharpe 