While scrolling on Twitter, I saw a post by in which an author had sent out 250 queries with no success. She was going to self-publish because she couldn't get an agent's attention, and she was tired of being ignored by them. In the comments, agents were referred to as "gatekeepers," and how other authors had had … Continue reading Self-Publishing as a Plan B (Don’t)
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WIPs and Publishing Goals
My next book, Strong as Steel, the final book in the Hard as Stone YA Gaslamp Fantasy trilogy is coming out this autumn. After that, the fourth, fifth, and sixth book in the Stars and Bones series are set to come out in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Then the series will be complete. I have … Continue reading WIPs and Publishing Goals
A Lesson on Agents
A while back, when I was sending out query letters for Caroline Eversole and the Gilded Gauntlet, I sent about six letters before I realized I hadn't been changing the name of the agent. So... that whole batch were all addressed to the same person. And, I don't know about you, but when people send … Continue reading A Lesson on Agents