In my last blog post interviewing Ainslie Hogarth, we talked a lot about writing query letters. I gave examples using the query letter that Ainslie edited that I was going to submit to an agent at a workshop. Soooo, the workshop was this past Sunday...and golly, did I learn a lot! First things first: we… Continue reading How to Survive Querying
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Interview With Ainslie Hogarth (W/ GIVEAWAY!)
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!)
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?
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