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
Tag: young adult novel
Marketing Work (aka editing resistance!)
I've been having gargantuan resistance when it comes to getting back into edits for my YA novel. Gah! Like...soooo much resistance. I'm attributing it to several things: a) body and mind recovery post a big life change, b) the end of a dreary and cold-as-balls winter c) too many good books to read and d)… Continue reading Marketing Work (aka editing resistance!)
VANESSA SHIELDS 