Ainslie Hogarth is a Windsorite whose writing career catapulted with the publication of her first novel The Lonely (being re-issued in 2026 with The Boy Meets Girl Massacre (Annotated)). Since then, she's switched agents, landed one of the Big Five publishers, and is on her fifth publication, forthcoming in 2026. I stalked met Ainslie after… Continue reading Interview With Ainslie Hogarth (W/ GIVEAWAY!)
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What If Agents Queried Writers?
In my cheekiest moments whilst thinking about the traditional publishing world, I often think about what things would be like for writers if certain parts of the process got flipped. For example, what if agents queried writers? What if we had a gargantuan place where we could put information about our writing lives, share our… Continue reading What If Agents Queried Writers?
To Agent? To Traditional Pub? To Self-Pub? Are These The Questions?
I'm thinking: 'To be, or not to be, that is the question!' This famous quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet (Act II, Scene1 - see the full scene in the link!), comes to mind as I ponder whether or not attempt to swim the tumultuous waters of traditional publishing or make a raft and adventure the unpredictable… Continue reading To Agent? To Traditional Pub? To Self-Pub? Are These The Questions?
Poem 225 – Eight Ball
Eight Ball on a whimI palm the magiceight ballask: will I everget an agent? the rush of hot hopethe tightening of desperationmakes my torso smaller blue bubbled liquidreveals the whitepyramid of magicin the smallwindow ofthe ball’s belly: FOCUS & ASK AGAIN
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